The investigating judge must now make a decision on whether to endorse the request or not.
For Charlotte Arnould, its an enormous step forward in the direction of a trial.
She is now impatiently waiting for the end of the investigation, she said.
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The actor has vehemently denied the rape allegations and mounting sexual assault accusations against him.
In an openletter published in Le Figaro newspaperlast October, he suggested his acts and behaviour had been misinterpreted.
