Agent denies reports
Sex trading allegations against Jean-Claude van Damme “Absurd”
Sex trading allegations against Jean-Claude van Damme “Absurd”
04/10/2025, 11:00 a.m.
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Jean-Claude van Damme is accused by the Romanian judiciary of being involved in a case of sex trade. Criminal charges were filed against the action star. His agent is now jumping.
Actionstar Jean-Claude van Damme is currently exposed to serious allegations. As the US broadcaster CNN reported on his offshoot “Antena 3” a few days ago, a criminal complaint against “Bloodsport” actors was submitted to the Romanian Directorate for Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).
The Belgian actor is said to have knowingly had sexual relationships with five Romanian women in Cannes who were given to him as a “gift” by a criminal group. According to the report, van Damme was said to have known in advance that the women were controlled by a human dealer ring led by a certain Morel Bolea.
One of the witnesses of the incident, which is said to have occurred in a event organized by Van Damme in the southern French city, shared their observations with the prosecutors, which led to the initiation of an investigation.
Alleged facts are “do not exist”
Van Dammes Agent Patent Patrick Goavec now rejected the allegations against the “Blood Sport” star. “We have received knowledge of articles that associated an alleged affair in Cannes to Mr. Jean-Claude van Damme. The reported facts are both grotesque and non-existent,” he said in a statement that is available to the US magazine “People”. “Mr. Van Damme does not want to comment or fuel this rumor, which is as absurd as it is baseless,” said Goavec.
If the Court of Court in France approved criminal investigations, the suspects identified in the case would be charged to Romania to make statements, “Antena 3” reported.
Van Damme made his breakthrough in 1988 with “Bloodsport” and then played in numerous action films such as “Kickboxer”, “Double Impact” and “The Expendables 2”. Most recently, he was heard as a voice actor in “Minions: looking for the mini boss” (2022) and “The Gardener” (2025).
