French prosecutors close rape investigation into model agency boss

Case on alleged crimes by Gérald Marie in 1980s and 90s closed due to statute of limitations

French prosecutors have closed an investigation into possible rape and sexual assault by the model agency boss Gérald Marie, who was accused of a string of offences.

The Paris prosecutors’ office concluded that the alleged crimes in the 1980s and 1990s took place too long ago to be prosecuted under French law which sets time limits for offences to be tried in court.