Second actress accuses French director Benoit Jacquot of sexual abuse

French actress Isild Le Besco (left) and film director Benoit Jacquot arrive for the screening of their movie 'L'intouchable' in competition at the 63rd Venice Film Festival in Venice's Lido on Sept 5, 2006. Photo: AFP

A second French actress accused film director Benoit Jacquot Thursday of having a "destructive hold" over her during a relationship that started when she was 16 and he was 52, after another filed a legal case alleging he raped her as a minor.

Isild Le Besco, 41, said that their relationship included "a destructive hold, a loss of self ... and especially psychological violence.