The French actor Gérard Depardieu This Monday, March 24 before the PARIS Criminal Court accused of sexual assault in 2021 during the filming of the film ‘Green shutters’ by Jean Becker. A trial that was planned for October 28 and that postponed until Monday for medical reasons of the actor according to French media.
The case refers to the accusations of two women who affirm that Depardieu touched them in their intimate parts against their will during the filming of the movie ‘Les Volets Verts’. The victims are a decorator and an assistant to realize the film. Both denounced the actor in 2024.
The first woman accused the actor of catching her in a hall, touching her breasts, buttocks and genitals, and making obscene comments. In February 2024 he filed a lawsuit against him for Sexual aggression, harassment and sexist comments. The second woman, director’s assistant, also accused Depardieu of Touch your breasts and buttocks on the filming set and, previously, of harass her.
In parallel to the trial, this Wednesday the documentary is released in France ‘Depardieu: La Chute’, where testimonies of women who have denounced Depardieu are counted for sexual assaultas the Spanish journalist Ruth Baza, or the statements of the journalist Marine Tour (‘Mediapart) who uncovered the case in April 2023.
Likewise, the actor faces multiple complaints, among which actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018 for “Violation by sexual penetration and aggression“Up to twice. It also faces an accusation of aggression on the filming set of ‘The Magician and the Siamese’, by Jean-Pierre Mocky.
In October 2023, Depardieu published a letter in ‘Le Figaro’ in which he denied the accusations and assured that “never” had abused women. In total until thirteen women have denounced him for sexual violence during the filming of eleven films, released between 2004 and 2022, according to Know ‘Mediapart’.