Luc Besson: 'I've never raped a woman'

PARIS (AFP): French film director Luc Besson on Monday (Oct 7) denied raping or drugging a young actress - the first time the maker of "The Fifth Element" has spoken publicly about the sex allegations against him.

A judge reopened a rape investigation into the movie mogul on Friday (Oct 4), eight months after Paris prosecutors had dropped a case brought by Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who claimed that Besson had repeatedly raped her over a two-year period.