Investigators in Romania have filed a criminal complaint, accusing him of knowingly engaging in sx with underage girls forced into postitution.
The victims were reportedly introduced to him as "models," recruited through a modeling agency and an NGO before being exploited through psychological coercion.
If these allegations are proven true, this case could have serious international ramifications.
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Wtf. Sauce?
Hollywood is involved with child abuse??? No way!!!! /s
**Submission Statement**
[Jean-Claude Van Damme](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme) is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, his father enrolled him in a Shotokan karate school at the age of ten, With the desire of becoming an actor in Hollywood, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988).
Van Damme is suspected of participating in a human trafficking network, including minors.
This is [reported](https://archive.is/zwhkh) by the Romanian newspaper Libertatea.
The investigation was launched following a complaint from a 26-year-old Romanian woman who claimed to have been sexually exploited by the actor in Cannes ten years ago.
According to her, at an event in Cannes, the actor used the sexual services of five Romanian women at once, who were forced into prostitution. In her complaint, she claimed that “the girls were given to the actor” and that those present knew that the girls were being exploited.
Romanian media outlet [Hotnews](https://archive.is/l59YT) reports that the girls were recruited for the actor by Romanian businessman and modeling agency owner Morel Bolea. In 2022, he was charged with trafficking in minors. According to investigators, the businessman involved the girls in activities related to “sexual exploitation with the use of psychological coercion”