The French actor will be on trial in October over allegations he assaulted a woman in 2014 and another in 2021.
The 75--year-old will be on trial over allegations from two women he allegedly assaulted, one in 2014 and the other in 2021.French actor Gerard Depardieu will go on trial for sexual assault in October, after police questioned the actor over claims made by two women, the latest in a litany of sexual harassment and assault charges.
Earlier, a police source said Mr Depardieu was to be questioned over allegations from two women that he assaulted them on film sets, one in 2021 and the other in 2014. The set designer, who filed a formal complaint in February, told investigative website Mediapart that Mr Depardieu grabbed her as she left the set in a private hotel in Paris.An open letter signed by Catherine Deneuve about men being unfairly targeted by sexual misconduct allegations prompts a backlash in the French press.She alleged he groped her "waist and stomach, moving up to breasts" and made obscene comments before his bodyguards removed him.
Despite the events having passed the statute of limitations, she said she decided to file her complaint in the hope that it would "help other people" to do the same. "When film producers hire Depardieu on a film, they know they are hiring an aggressor," she told AFP. Mr Depardieu's case has exposed a major split in French cinema and wider society, with some defending his right to the "presumption of innocence" and others supporting his accusers.
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