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Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche accused of sexual assault

Film-maker denies accusation that he took advantage of an unconscious female actor at his Paris flat

Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, has “categorically denied” an accusation of sexual assault.

According to a report by the French news channel BFMTV, Paris’ public prosecutor’s office has opened an inquiry into an allegation made on 6 October by an unnamed 29-year-old actor, who accused Kechiche of assaulting her in June after a dinner at his flat in Paris.

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