France, Feb. 3 -- Caroline Lang, a film producer and former actor, resigned on Monday as president of the Independent Production Union (SPI), just three weeks after taking up the role.

Her decision followed investigative reports detailing her and her father's historical connections to Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

"I do not want this situation to in any way harm the union," Caroline Lang said in a statement announcing her resignation.

Eighty-six-year-old Jack Lang, who served for nearly two decades as culture and education minister under several governments, said he had been introduced to Epstein around 15 years ago by the American actor and director Woody Allen, and insisted that he had no ...