Former supermodel Carré Otis files a complaint in a Paris court against Gérald Marie, the former European head of Elite Model agency, alleging she was raped and trafficked. According to reports, Otis is urging other possible victims to come forward. She also frames the complaint as an effort to denounce a broader pattern of alleged sexual abuse of models in the fashion industry over a number of years, drawing comparisons to the approach taken in the aftermath of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The reporting also notes that Otis previously brought related allegations in a complaint filed in 2021 by Otis and other former models, alleging rape and sexual assault by Gérald Marie in the 1980s. That earlier matter was dismissed on the basis that the claims were beyond the statute of limitations.
The current complaint is filed in Paris, and the allegations concern events that Otis says occurred decades ago. The developments reported reflect both the filing of the new action and the procedural history of the earlier complaint.
