Actor banned from Cannes red carpet after accusations of rape

The Cannes film festival said it had banned an actor in a prominent French film from the red carpet on Thursday because of sexual assault allegations against him. The three women plan to appeal and file a civil lawsuit, Télérama said. Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux confirmed to Télérama that Navarro-Mussy had been excluded because an appeal was under way. The action against Navarro-Mussy would imply that any actor or director under active investigation for sexual assault would be excluded. The ban comes in the wake of Gérard Depardieu’s conviction for sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021.