Gérard Depardieu Due In Court As Sexual Assault Trial Begins in Paris
deadline.comGérard Depardieu is due to attend court in Paris on Monday as his trial on sexual assault charges, related to events alleged to have taken place in 2021 on the set of The Green Shutters, kicks off this afternoon.
The trial, scheduled to begin at 1.30pm local time (5.30 a.m. PT), will examine two separate accusations by a set decorator and an assistant director who say they were sexually assaulted by Depardieu on the set of Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters.
Based on the eponymous 1950 novel by Georges Simenon, Depardieu stars in the film as a tyrannical, celebrated actor at the height of his powers, in the grip of a personal crisis.
Monday’s trial follows a growing number of public allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior against Depardieu, which he denies.
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