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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement that there
was insufficient evidence to prove a case against Guillod beyond
a reasonable doubt.
The announcement came nearly three years after a judge rejected
similar charges against Guillod in Santa Barbara County.
An email seeking comment from an attorney who has represented
Guillod was not immediately answered. Guillod has denied all of
the allegations.
Guillod, a talent manager and producer whose credits include
2017's “Atomic Blonde” and 2020's “Extraction,” was originally
arrested in 2020 and charged with rape and sexual assault
involving six women between 2014 and 2020 in Los Angeles and
Santa Barbara counties. Authorities chose to try the cases
jointly in Santa Barbara County, where a judge at a 2022
preliminary hearing found that there was insufficient evidence
for Guillod to go to trial on charges involving four of the
women.
The judge found there was enough evidence to go forward with
charges that he had assaulted an actor in 2012 and a waitress in
2018, but because those were both in LA County, Santa Barbara
prosecutors no longer had jurisdiction and sent the cases to the
Los Angeles District Attorney.
“The allegations involve deeply troubling and concerning
behavior, and we empathize with the pain and trauma the accusers
have experienced throughout this long investigative process,”
Hochman's statement said.
Hochman's office also recently declined to file charges against
Marilyn Manson after another yearslong investigation.
Guillod had been among the people investigated by a task force
formed by former District Attorney Jackie Lacey in 2017 to
investigate sexual misconduct in Hollywood when the #MeToo
movement gained national attention. The vast majority of cases
they considered did not lead to charges.
An exception was movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted
of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2022. He is
appealing the convictions.
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