Gérard Depardieu Faces 18-Month Suspended Sentence On Sexual Assault Charges
deadline.comThe Paris prosecutor’s office has requested an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €20,000 fine for actor Gérard Depardieu following his sexual assault trial this week related to events on a 2021 film shoot.
The requested sentence concluded a tumultuous four-day hearing in Paris, which marked Depardieu’s first time in court against a backdrop of at least 20 public allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior against him.
This week’s trial was related to accusations of sexual assault against the actor by a set dresser and a third assistant director, alleged to have taken place on the set of Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters in 2021.
Depardieu could stand trial a second time in the coming months in relation to rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould, dating back to 2018, following a request by the Paris Prosecutor’s Office over the summer which is making it ways through the judicial system.
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