French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of screen legend Alain Delon.
A shooting range was also found at the actor’s home in Douchy-Montcorbon, about 135km south of Paris.
Yet prosecutors said Delon does not have a permit to allow him to own a gun – despite his onscreen bad-boy persona.
The search on Tuesday was ordered after a court-appointed official sent to Delon’s home noticed a weapon and alerted a judge, says the BBC.
The star has been in poor health in recent years after having a stroke in 2019 and suffering from another serious condition, unnamed in French media.
The breakdown of his family has also been making headlines in France: his three children have laid their mutual grievances before the media in a series of insults, accusations, lawsuits and secret recordings.
The latest legal exchanges were over Delon’s medical treatment and last month a court-sanctioned doctor examined him, but his conclusions were immediately disputed by the children.
Concerns were first raised about him last year when his children filed a complaint against his former live-in assistant Hiromi Rollin. They allege the Japanese film production assistant engaged in „moral harassment” of their father. Her lawyer denied all the allegations at the time.
