Jean Claude Van Damme caught up in sex trafficking investigation after 'five women were presented to him as a "gift" in Cannes'

Jean-Claude Van Damme could beryllium facing a constabulary probe successful Romania after 5 women trafficked by a alleged 'guru' were allegedly offered to him for sex, section media reports.

The 64-year-old Hollywood histrion was allegedly fixed entree to the women arsenic a 'gift' during a sojourn to Cannes successful the southbound of France for a movie release, CNN affiliate Antena 3 reports.

It is claimed that they were victims of a enactment trafficking network, which Romanian authorities fishy is tally by Romanian businessman and exemplary bureau proprietor Morel Bolea.

Van Damme, known for his roles successful the movie Double Impact and astir precocious successful Netflix movie The Gardener, was brought up successful the lawsuit aft 1 of the alleged victims came forward, according to reports.

Lawyer Adrian Cuculis said the 5 Romanian women 'were successful a authorities of vulnerability, with the suspicion that they were exploited.'

'Several Romanians who are presently being investigated for forming, allegedly offered Jean-Claude Van Damme 5 Romanian women - photograph models successful Romania - for him to person intersexual relations with,' Cuculis told Antena 3.

Prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) reportedly opened a lawsuit aft a young pistillate who witnessed the brushwood successful Cannes came forward.

The woman, who has not been named, said that she was a unfortunate of Bolea's alleged trafficking web and had been successful Cannes erstwhile the alleged incidental happened.

'I had conscionable joined the organization. At that time, they were organizing a batch of events some successful Iași [Romania] and abroad,' the pistillate told Antena 3.

'During that period, an lawsuit took spot successful Cannes, it was the motorboat of a movie starring Van Damme. 

'After that event, 5 of the girls who were from the state were sent to slumber with Van Damme. The girls successful our enactment told this story,' she claimed. 

Attorney Cuculis said that the 'outrageous' lawsuit is portion of a wider probe into quality trafficking of and the trafficking of minors that Romanian prosecutors launched successful 2020.

A timeframe for erstwhile the alleged brushwood took spot was not made wide successful ineligible documents. 

Bolea was arrested successful 2020 connected suspicion of trafficking minors aft investigators reportedly recovered that an relation helium acceptable up recruited minors done an NGO and a modeling agency.

DIICOT stated astatine the clip that these women 'were subsequently sexually exploited done intelligence coercion'. 

They said they had identified astatine slightest 5 victims, according to reports.

Van Damme became a household sanction aft his breakout show successful the 1988 movie Bloodsport and a bid of roles successful enactment films including Kickboxer and Expendables 2.

Recognisable for his accent and stunt work, the martial arts adept has much than 8 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

DIICOT and Van Damme's typical did not instantly respond erstwhile contacted for comment.