Luc Besson: 'I've never raped a woman'

PARIS : French film director Luc Besson on Monday denied raping or drugging a young actress - the first time the maker of"The Fifth Element" has spoken publicly about the sex allegations against him.

She is one of nine women who have said they were assaulted or harassed by the powerful director and producer.Besson has admitted having a relationship with Van Roy but dismissed her as a"fantasist". "I have never lifted a hand to a woman, I have never threatened a woman... I never drugged this woman as has been said. That is a lie," he said in extracts from the interview, which will be broadcast in full on Tuesday .The maker of hits such as"Nikita", whose legal problems have coincided with a run of box office failures, also denied ever harassing women or holding them against their will."I betrayed my wife and my children.

Two months later, she said that she had been raped four times over the two years when she had been"in a controlling professional relationship" with the director.Police questioned Besson about the accusations in October 2018.

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