Overview
- On Wednesday, July 15, six women, mostly U.S. nationals, lodged criminal complaints with constitution de partie civile in Paris accusing Gérald Marie of rape and human trafficking.
- The complaints describe a pattern in which Marie used his agency power to impose sexual relations on young models, and lawyers say the statements are concordant across plaintiffs.
- Carré Otis filed a separate complaint on June 5 alleging she was raped multiple times after arriving in Paris at 17 and being sent to live in Marie’s apartment.
- Marie’s lawyer has categorically denied the allegations and pointed to earlier examinations and a 2023 Paris prosecutor decision that closed one complaint as time-barred.
- The new filings, some from women who previously reported abuse in 2020–21 and others reporting for the first time, could revive judicial scrutiny of decades-old claims and raises questions about industry power, victim silence, and legal limits on historical abuse cases.