Shares in Luc Besson's EuropaCorp fall, Besson denies rape allegation
21/05/2018 08:13
PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - Shares in EuropaCorp ECP.PA , the
film and TV studio group chaired by well-known French film
director Luc Besson, slumped on Monday following the emergence
of a rape allegation against Besson, which Besson denies.
EuropaCorp shares were down 13.3 percent in early session
trading.
Over the weekend, Besson's lawyer Thierry Marembert told
Reuters that Besson "categorically denied" the allegation, made
by an unnamed actress.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Simon Carraud;
Editing by Bate Felix)
((sudip.kargupta@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 53 84;))