French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried in October for the sexual assault of two women, the Paris prosecutor's office has said.
French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried in October for the sexual assault of two women, the Paris prosecutor's office has said.In a separate case, Mr Depardieu was charged with rape in 2020 and forced to put his career on hold last autumn as allegations mounted against him.Police questioned Mr Depardieu today over allegations made by two women that he assaulted them on film sets, one in 2021 and the other in 2014.
The second woman alleged the actor groped her and made"inappropriate" remarks while she was an assistant on the set of 2015 film 'Le Magicien et le Siamois', she told regional newspaper Le Courrier de l'Ouest. Spanish journalist and author Ruth Baza said in December that she had filed a criminal complaint in her home country against Mr Depardieu, alleging he raped her in 1995 in Paris.
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