Depardieu is set to appear before a Paris criminal court over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set. His lawyer has asked for the case to be put on hold for health reasons.
Depardieu is set to appear before a Paris criminal court over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set. His lawyer has asked for the case to be put on hold for health reasons.
French screen star Gerard Depardieu was set to appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday, on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a 2021 film shoot.
Further complaints and a possible second court case also loom for the 75-year-old, who is accused of using “violence, coercion, surprise or threat” in the alleged attacks.
However, Depardieu’s lawyer said he had asked for a delay due to health reasons.
“Gerard Depardieu is extremely affected and unfortunately his doctors have forbidden him from being present at the hearing, which is why he will ask for a postponement to a later date so that he can attend,” Jeremie Assous told broadcaster Franceinfo.CrimeFrance
Depardieu is set to appear before a Paris criminal court over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set. His lawyer has asked for the case to be put on hold for health reasons.
Depardieu, 75, asked for a delay to the proceedings on health grounds
French screen star Gerard Depardieu was set to appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday, on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a 2021 film shoot.
Further complaints and a possible second court case also loom for the 75-year-old, who is accused of using “violence, coercion, surprise or threat” in the alleged attacks.
However, Depardieu’s lawyer said he had asked for a delay due to health reasons.
“Gerard Depardieu is extremely affected and unfortunately his doctors have forbidden him from being present at the hearing, which is why he will ask for a postponement to a later date so that he can attend,” Jeremie Assous told broadcaster Franceinfo.
Prosecutors claim the assaults took place on the set of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters.”)
The victims in both reported that Depardieu trapped them between his legs and groped them in intimate areas over their clothes.
Paris prosecutors say one plaintiff told investigators that she had first heard lewd on-set remarks from Depardieu.
An hour later, the woman said she was “brutally grabbed” by Depardieu as she was walking off the set.
He allegedly pinned her by “closing his legs” around her before groping her waist and stomach, continuing up to her breasts.
