<p>A French magistrate investigating an allegation of rape made against French film director Luc Besson in the wake of the #MeToo movement has closed the case, legal sources told <em>AFP </em>on Thursday.</p>.<p>Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy had accused Besson — director of the <em>Fifth Element</em> and <em>Leon</em> — of raping her over a two-year on-off relationship and filed a complaint against him in May 2018.</p>.<p>Prosecutors dropped the case in February 2019 citing lack of evidence, but a new investigation was opened later that year after Van Roy brought fresh charges.</p>.<p>Van Roy, who had minor roles in Besson's <em>Taxi 5</em> and <em>Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</em>, is one of nine women who have said they were assaulted or harassed by Besson.</p>.<p>He has denied all of the accusations.</p>.<p>Besson has admitted to having a relationship with Van Roy but dismissed her as a "fantasist".</p>.<p>"This case is a lie from A to Z. I did not rape that woman, I have never raped a woman in my life," he told <em>BFMTV</em> in 2019.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A French magistrate investigating an allegation of rape made against French film director Luc Besson in the wake of the #MeToo movement has closed the case, legal sources told <em>AFP </em>on Thursday.</p>.<p>Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy had accused Besson — director of the <em>Fifth Element</em> and <em>Leon</em> — of raping her over a two-year on-off relationship and filed a complaint against him in May 2018.</p>.<p>Prosecutors dropped the case in February 2019 citing lack of evidence, but a new investigation was opened later that year after Van Roy brought fresh charges.</p>.<p>Van Roy, who had minor roles in Besson's <em>Taxi 5</em> and <em>Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets</em>, is one of nine women who have said they were assaulted or harassed by Besson.</p>.<p>He has denied all of the accusations.</p>.<p>Besson has admitted to having a relationship with Van Roy but dismissed her as a "fantasist".</p>.<p>"This case is a lie from A to Z. I did not rape that woman, I have never raped a woman in my life," he told <em>BFMTV</em> in 2019.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>