Cannes bans actor from red carpet over sex assault allegations

The Cannes Film Festival has banned French actor Theo Navarro-Mussy from appearing on the red carpet for last week’s premiere of French Competition film Case 137 due to sexual assault allegations against him.

- MIRANDA MURRAY JULIETTE JABKHIRO

Festival director Thierry Fremaux told Telerama magazine that he had decided, along with the film's producers, to exclude the actor because the courts had not issued a final ruling in the case.

A joint complaint by three former partners accusing Navarro-Mussy of rape was dismissed by prosecutors last month for lack of sufficient evidence, according to his lawyer. The complain-ants, also actors, plan to file a new complaint, Telerama reported.