The French actor Gerard Depardieu was reported again for sexual assaultthis time for one filming assistant for events supposedly occurred in 2014when she had 24 yearsreported the international press.
The complaint, confirmed this Friday by French media, was formalized on January 9th past in Paris and will be examined by Justice. The complainant, who preferred to maintain her anonymous identityaccuses the actor of “The Man in the Iron Mask” of constant touching and to utter obscene and sexual comments both in Paris like during the filming of the short film ‘The magician and the siamois’of Jean-Pierre Mockywhich took place in 2014 in the town of Doué-en-Anjou.
The filming assistant told the press that she had to feel “his claws everywhere” in her body and was forced to remain silent because she had felt “shame” at that time.
The first woman to target the actor was the actress Charlotte Arnoldwho reported him in 2018 by rape and by sexual assaulta procedure by which the interpreter was charged in 2020.
In 2023, accusations for sexual assaults and inappropriate behaviors proliferated thanks to journalistic investigations. Apart from the Darrasanother complaint was filed for rape against him in Spain.
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The complainant was the Spanish journalist and writer Ruth Bazawho sued the actor last December before the Torremolinos police for events allegedly occurring in Paris in nineteen ninety five.
This new demand has little chance of succeeding, since the facts would have prescribedas already happened with the complaint filed by Darrasalso referring to facts of 2014. It is worth mentioning that the statute of limitations for an alleged sexual assault on an adult in the country is six years.
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Apart from these two complaints, others two women they denounced the 75 year old actor by rapewho defends his innocence. Regarding the new complaint, his lawyer, Christian Saint-Palaisexplained to the French press that he learned of the new accusation by the press.
Swiss public television does not broadcast productions starring Gérard Depardieu
Since the beginning of January, Swiss public television RTS excluded all productions in which the French actor Gerard Depardieu has had a leading role, after the new allegations of sexual abuse that fell on the interpreter of “Dantón”.
“When we feel that the majority of the public may feel offended by a work or personality previously accepted, sometimes the we exclude from our programming“he explained Marco Ferraraspokesperson for the media quoted by the Liberation newspaper.
“Since the latest revelations about Gerard DepardieuRTS has avoided offering films in which he plays one of the main roles. Therefore, during this holiday period they have been left aside one or two movies“added the media spokesperson.
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Gérard Depardieu statue removed from French museum
A well-known museum with wax figures located near Paris decided to remove the figure that replicated the French actor Gerard Depardieuon which dozens of accusations of sexual abuse fall.
He Grévin Museumsuch is the name of the institution, decided to remove the statue of Depardieu -which the actor himself had inaugurated in 1981- after warning “the negative reactions from visitors (when passing in front of the figure) and on our social networks,” the space stated.
Created in 1882 at the journalist’s initiative Arthur Meyerfounder of “Gaulois” -a powerful newspaper of the time-, the Grevin receives 800,000 visitors a yearmost often families with children.
Source: Ambito
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