Accused of rape, actor Ary Abittan gets dismissal

The actor and comedian Ary Abittan obtained a dismissal in the investigation launched after the complaint of a woman who accused him of having raped her in October 2021, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday April 3, confirming information from Figaro.

This decision was expected, the 50-year-old actor having obtained in July 2023 the dismissal of his indictment pronounced in November 2021. The plaintiff’s lawyer, Charlotte Plantin, announced that he would appeal the dismissal.

The actor, known for acting in comedy What have we done to the good Lord?was accused by a young woman, aged 23 at the time, whom he had been seeing for two months at the time of the facts, of having imposed sodomy on him during a sexual encounter at his home in October 2021.