Actor and director Samuel Theis is the subject of a rape complaint filed in July 2023 by a technician. He has been placed under the status of assisted witness.
Actor and director Samuel Tehis, seen in Anatomy of a fallhas been the target of a rape complaint filed by a 27-year-old technician since July 2023. He was summoned on July 4 by the Metz investigating judge in charge of the investigation and emerged with the status of assisted witness, reveals The gallery this Tuesday. He was therefore not charged.
According to information from Télérama and Libération, a 27-year-old technician accuses the film’s director I swear of forcing him to have sex last summer, after a party organized in an apartment rented by the production. He claims that he was not able to express his consent or refusal and left the shoot a few days later. He told Télérama (comments reported by BFM TV) that, during this sexual intercourse, he was “not in his normal state”. “I feel like I was drugged”.
Samuel Theis denies the charges against him. He confirms that he did indeed “have consensual oral sex” with the complainant the day after the party. A few days later, the technician told him by text message that he felt like he had experienced a “sexual assault”, but he says he had not heard of the legal follow-up given to the case by the press.
Samuel Theis removed from filming
In a press release sent by his lawyer last January, the director assures that an internal investigation lasting several months concluded that there was “no evidence” and no “element likely to characterize wrongful behavior.” He also called for “respect for his presumption of innocence.”
Following the accusations, the filmmaker was confined in an unusual protocol. To reconcile the accuser’s word and the continuation of the filming of the film, the production decided to physically separate the director from his team, which he directed remotely until the end of filming.