Former American supermodel Carré Otis has submitted a formal complaint to a Parisian court alleging human trafficking and the rape of a minor by Gérald Marie.

前美國超模 Carré Otis 已向巴黎法院提交正式投訴，指控 Gérald Marie 涉及人口販運及強姦未成年人。

The litigation centers on events commencing in 1986, when the Elite Model agency dispatched Otis, then seventeen, to Paris. According to the filing, the defendant provided housing in his personal residence under the guise of professional mentorship; however, the complainant alleges she was subjected to repeated sexual assaults and subsequently trafficked to affluent European males. Furthermore, the documentation asserts a total absence of remuneration for her professional services during this period.

此訴訟集中於 1986 年開始發生的事件，當時 Elite Model agency 派遣當時 17 歲的 Otis 前往巴黎。根據呈堂文件，被告以專業指導為名，在私人住宅為其提供住宿；然而，原告指稱她多次遭受性侵，隨後被販賣給歐洲富裕男性。此外，文件主張她在該期間提供的專業服務完全沒有獲得報酬。

Regarding the legal viability of the claim, the statute of limitations under French jurisdiction precludes the direct prosecution of Mr. Marie based on Ms. Otis's specific testimony, as the window for filing—extending to age 48 for those abused as minors—has elapsed. This follows the dismissal of a similar 2021 collective action. Notwithstanding this limitation, legal counsel Mathias Darmon posits that the current filing serves as a procedural mechanism to facilitate the accession of other potential victims to the proceedings, regardless of their own temporal eligibility for prosecution.

關於該項指控的法律可行性，法國管轄權下的追訴期限制，使得 Ms. Otis 的特定證詞無法直接用於起訴 Mr. Marie，因為針對未成年受虐者的申訴期限（延伸至 48 歲）已經屆滿。此前 2021 年的一項類似集體訴訟亦被駁回。儘管有此限制，法律代表 Mathias Darmon 認為目前的申請是一種程序機制，旨在方便其他潛在受害者加入訴訟，無論其個人是否仍符合起訴的時間資格。

Institutional context reveals that Mr. Marie, now 76, directed European operations for Elite from 1985 to 2010, a tenure characterized by the agency's market hegemony. Ms. Otis, who attained significant visibility in high-fashion publications, has characterized the allegations as a denunciation of a systemic framework of sexual exploitation within the fashion industry, drawing a conceptual parallel to the institutional failures observed in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

機構背景顯示，現年 76 歲的 Mr. Marie 自 1985 年至 2010 年領導 Elite 的歐洲業務，在其任期內該 agency 擁有市場霸權。在高級時裝刊物中享有高知名度的 Ms. Otis 將此指控定性為對時裝產業內系統性性剝削框架的譴責，並將其與 Jeffrey Epstein 案中觀察到的體制失效進行類比。

While the defendant denies the allegations and the primary complainant is time-barred from prosecution, the legal action remains active as a conduit for other claimants.

儘管被告否認指控，且主要原告因追訴期已過而無法起訴，但此法律行動仍作為其他原告的渠道而維持有效。