Process against Gérard Depardieu
Filmstar appears in court
Gérard Depardieu has arrived in the Paris judicial building. He is accused of sexual attacks on two women during a shoot.
Gérard Depardieu (76) actually arrived in the Paris Criminal Court. Dressed in a dark suit without a tie, he strolled into the building with one hand on the shoulder of his lawyer and seemed to be unimpressed by the serious allegations against him.
After his trial was postponed last autumn, the French actor is now on trial on March 24th and 25th. He is accused of sexual attacks on two women during the shooting of Jean Becker’s film “Les Volets Verts” in 2021.
the hearing started shortly after 1:30 p.m. and should continue as planned at least on Tuesday. The 76-year-old defendant, who denied the allegations, had not appeared for the trial in October after his lawyer asserted the consequences of four times bypass operation of the coronary arteries and a diabetes reinforced by the stress of the upcoming process. This lawyer now accompanied him to the courtroom.
Feminist rally before the court
Several dozen people demonstrated on Monday, the first day of the trial against Gérard Depardieu, before the court in Paris. “Sexist violence, judiciary as a complicity”, “Victim, we believe you, rapists, we see you”, “touch you? We all answer!” Chaniting the demonstrators, which were mostly women, shortly before the start of the court hearing.
“No action can be classified as a sexual assault, he never admitted it because he never did it,” Gérard Depardieu’s lawyer Jérémie Assouus, on the other hand, told “Franceinfo” on Monday. Gérard Depardieu was someone “who is extremely free who can be extremely direct. He was” brutal “and says what he thinks, the actor’s lawyer confirmed and also emphasized the” joy “of his client to” be rough “.
Gérard Depardieu threatens five years in prison
The 76-year-old, who participated in more than 200 films and television series, was accused of immoral behavior by around 20 women, but this is the first case that is negotiated in court.
The expectation of the co -plaintiffs is that there is a debate about the content of the file and that this matter is finally brought to court, said Carine Durrieu Diebolt, who represents one of the two plaintiffs. She regrets “the strategy of defense to postpone the process by accumulating the nullity procedure and delay tactics”.
Gérard Depardieu threatens five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
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Source: Stern
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