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French Actor Gerard Depardieu in Police Custody for Questioning Over Sexual Assault Accusations

Published: 29 April 2024 at 11:13

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, aged 75, has presented himself at a police station in Paris for questioning over accusations of sexual assault by two women on film sets. He has been placed under formal investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault in the past, denying the accusations. Media reports state that police have summoned Depardieu for questioning regarding allegations of groping by two women during filming in 2014 and 2021. Additionally, more than a dozen other women have accused him of harassing, groping, or sexually assaulting them.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu faces new sexual assault complaint


French actor Gerard Depardieu, 75, is facing another sexual assault complaint, this time from a movie decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021 for Les Volets verts. The complaint includes accusations of sexual assault, harassment, and sexist insults. Depardieu has been accused by more than a dozen women of similar offenses and denies all wrongdoing. Multiple legal cases, including preliminary rape and sexual assault charges, have been brought against him. The actor has defended himself in an open letter, denying any abuse towards women.

Gérard Depardieu filmography (Wikipedia)


Gérard Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific actors in film history, having completed over 250 movies since 1967.

Guillaume Depardieu (Wikipedia)


Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu.

Gérard Depardieu (Wikipedia)


Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (UK: , US: , French: [ʒeʁaʁ ɡzavje maʁsɛl dəpaʁdjø] ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, known to be one of the most prolific in film history. He has completed over 250 films since 1967, almost exclusively as a lead. Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors whose most notable collaborations include Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Ridley Scott and Bernardo Bertolucci. He is the second highest-grossing actor in the history of French cinema behind Louis de Funès. As of January 2022, his body of work also includes countless television productions, 18 stage plays, 16 records and 9 books. He is known for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures of the Western world including Georges Danton, Joseph Stalin, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean Valjean, Edmond Dantès, Christopher Columbus, Obélix, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 (officially adopted name in Russian: Жерар Ксавие Депардьё, romanized: Zherar Ksavie Depardyo), and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro during the same month.Depardieu has received acclaim for his performances in The Last Metro (1980), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor, in Police (1985), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Jean de Florette (1986), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and his second César Award for Best Actor as well as garnering a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He co-starred in Peter Weir's comedy Green Card (1990), winning a Golden Globe Award, and later acted in many big-budget Hollywood films, including Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), Randall Wallace's The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), and Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012).Depardieu has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault. The French authorities have charged him with rape and, since 2021, have had him under formal investigation. Depardieu has denied any wrongdoing and has not been convicted in connection with any of the accusations against him, but he was stripped of the National Order of Quebec in 2023.

Julie Depardieu (Wikipedia)


Julie Marion Depardieu (born 18 June 1973) is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films.

Élisabeth Depardieu (Wikipedia)


Élisabeth Depardieu (née Élisabeth Dominique Lucie Guignot; born 5 August 1941) is a French actress. She is the ex-wife of actor Gérard Depardieu and mother of actors Guillaume Depardieu and Julie Depardieu.

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