Cannes Film Festival Delegate General Thierry Fremaux has banned an actor due to walk the red carpet with Palme d’Or contender Dossier 137, after it emerged that he had been accused of sexual assault by three woman. Théo Navarro-Mussy was due join the cast and crew this evening for the competition screening of Dominik Moll’s drama Dossier 137, about a police officer assigned to a case about a young man alleging police violence. According to French film and TV magazine Télérama, which broke the story, Frémaux took the decision after being informed by actors’ association ADA of official complaints for rape as well as physical and psychological violence against the actor by three women. The accusations relate to events in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The complaint was dismissed by the courts in April 2025, but the plaintiffs have said they are planning to lodge an appeal as civil parties. Cannes has never announced an official protocol around how it will deal with participants accused of sexual violence, but Frémaux appears to have taken his cue from the rules set out by the French César Academy this year. The César Academy protocol states that cinema professionals under investigation for any violent acts are not welcome at the ceremony and cannot receive any type of award, publicly or behind closed doors, until the case is ruled on. Frémaux was quoted as saying in the Télérama article: “Because there is an appeal and therefore a continuation of the investigation the case is not suspended. Once it’s ruled on definitively in the courts, it will be different.”
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