The filmmaker has insisted he is innocent of any wrongdoing. Photo: Reuters
Chilean director Nicolas Lopez, one of the country’s highest-profile filmmakers, was sentenced Monday (May 16) to five years in prison for sexual abuse against two actresses.
The sentence coincided with what was requested by prosecutors after a court found him guilty at the end of April. In that verdict, the court absolved Lopez of rape charges because judges determined there was not enough proof.
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