(Paris) The actor Ary Abittan, known in particular for having played in the comedy What have we done to the good Lord?, was indicted Tuesday for rape after the accusations of a woman and placed under judicial control, we learned from a judicial source.
The 47-year-old actor was arrested on Sunday and taken into police custody at the 1er district of the judicial police of Paris.
The day before, on the evening of Saturday, a young woman with whom he has an intimate relationship had filed a complaint against him for acts of rape.
After 48 hours in police custody, Ary Abittan was presented to an investigating judge who indicted him for rape and placed under judicial supervision, said the judicial source.
The facts would have taken place on the evening of Saturday at the residence of the actor in the VIIIe arrondissement of the capital, near the Champs-Élysées, according to the Point website.
The young woman, aged 23, accuses the actor of having imposed sexual practices on him to which she would not have consented, which he disputes, specifies the Point.
Contacted, his lawyer could not be reached on Tuesday afternoon.
Ary Abittan, who started on the boards with humorous shows, is best known to the general public for his role as Christian Clavier’s son-in-law in the trilogy What have we done to the good Lord? by Philippe Chauveron (2014, 2019 and 2022).
Accustomed to Arthur’s broadcasts on TF1, he has also played in television films, including Learn to love you by Stéphanie Pillonca on trisomy 21, distinguished at the Luchon festival in 2020.
In Claude Lelouch’s latest film, Love is better than life, he holds one of the main roles with Gérard Darmon and Philippe Lellouche.
Comedian, Ary Abittan is due to perform on stage from December with his new one man show, For real, before a tour in France until 2023.
In this show, this “divorced, dad of three daughters and son of two anguished parents […] evokes without taboos his daily life with his sensitivity ”, according to the summary.