Gérard Depardieu goes on trial in France over alleged sexual assaults on movie set
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Paris — French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu is in court in Paris this week, accused of sexually assaulting two women in 2021. A set designer, 34, and an assistant producer, 54, claim the actor grabbed and groped them while filming "Les Volets Verts" ("The Green Shutters") in Paris in August and September 2021.
The two women did not immediately report the alleged offenses. However, after the actor published an open letter in Le Figaro newspaper in October 2023 in which he stated: "Never, never have I abused a woman," the set designer went to the police. She reported Depardieu for alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexist insults.
The trial first opened in October, but it was adjourned due to Depardieu's failing health. His lawyer told the court the 76-year-old was diabetic and had recently undergone a quadruple-bypass heart surgery.
