A Paris Court declared guilty Gérard Depardieu For a case of sexual abuse and has imposed an 18 -month suspense penalty.
The sentence continues to a tumultuous trial and high profile in Paris in March related to accusations of Manando on the Set of the film The Green Shutters of Jean Becker In 2021.
The trial marked the first time that Depardieu appeared before a court in a context of at least 20 public accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him, which date back decades, although many accusations have only come to light in recent years.
It is also considered an emblematic case of #MeToo in France, which took to adopt the movement and until recently there was an almost omertà in the world of cinema around the question of inappropriate behavior.
According to reports, Depardieu is currently in Portugal, in the filming of the next movie of Fanny Ardant (Ela Olhava Sem nothing to see), which is being shot on the island of São Miguel. His lifelong friend, Ardant, is one of the few French cinema figures who has maintained his public support for the actor.
Depardieu could return to the bench of the defendants for the second time in the coming months in relation to the accusations of violation of the actress Charlotte Arnouldwhich date back to 2018.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office last summer a trial for the accusations, which is being processed by the judicial system. The actor has denied accusations.
The accusations against Gérard Depardieu
Tuesday’s judgment is related to aggressions to two women members of the filming team of The Green Shutters.
On the one hand, the 54 -year -old decorator who agreed to be publicly identified as Amélie, had said that Gérard He grabbed it “brutally” and groped his waist, belly and breasts while saying “obscene comments”in filming of the film in 2021.
The other 34 -year -old accuser denounced him because Depardieu also groped her. “My client is afraid of how the trial will develop”said Claude Vincent -abogada of one of the plaintiffs- to the RTL medium.
Depardieu has repeatedly refuted both stories, stating that his actions had been misunderstood.
Several women, who did not present charges, also testimony, including an actress who claimed that Depardieu had put their hands on their panties during a photo shoot on the Set of the Netflix program, Marseille.
Source: Ambito
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