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A second woman has filed an official complaint against French actor Gérard Depardieu accusing him of sexual assault.

The 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.

French star Fanny Ardant took to the stand at Gerard Depardieu’s ongoing sexual assault trial in Paris on Wednesday, to defend her long-time friend and sporadic co-star.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent On his second day at the Paris criminal court, French actor Gerard Depardieu denied accusations of sexual assault made by two women — a set decorator and an assistant director — who worked with him on the set of “The Green Shutters” in Southern France in 2021. “I am not a person who would grope in the metro,” said the 76-year-old actor while his attorney, Jeremy Assous, said his client was victim of a “conspiracy,” according to local outlet FrancetvInfo. Based on the charges, Depardieu — long considered a mascot of France’s cinematic history who has starred in over 150 films, including classics such as Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” — risks five years of imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French actor Gerard Depardieu is due to appear in court today and tomorrow (March 24 and 25) in Paris to be trialed on charges of sexual assault. The trial was initially scheduled to take place on Oct. 28 and was postponed due to the 76 year-old actor’s health.

French actor Gérard Depardieu is standing trial on Monday in Paris accused of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of a movie in 2021.Depardieu, 76, is facing charges that he groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during production of the film “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”).Prosecutors allege the incidents included obscene remarks and inappropriate touching, including an incident in which Depardieu allegedly used his legs to trap one of the women before groping her in front of other crew members. Both women have filed formal complaints.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French actor Gerard Depardieu, who is already indicted on rape and sexual assault charges, is now being investigated for aggravated fiscal fraud in France, according to a report published in French investigative outlet Mediapart. In December 2012, Depardieu announced he was abandoning his French citizenship and moving to Belgium shortly after then-president Francois Hollande vowed to impose a 75% tax on income above €1 million a year. He obtained citizenships in Russia and Belgium, where he bought a villa for €1.2 million located near the French border.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Provocative French filmmaker Bertrand Blier, who scored hits with transgressive comedies featuring Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert such as “Going Places” and “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,” has died. He was 85. Blier died on Monday night at his home in Paris surrounded by his wife and children, his son Leonard Blier told French news agency AFP.

Gerard Depardieu has asked for a postponement to his sexual assault trial that is set to begin in Paris on Monday, citing health reasons. According to the French news agency AFP, Depardieu’s lawyer Jeremie Assous told FranceInfo that the actor is “extremely affected and unfortunately his doctors have forbidden him from being present at the hearing.” Assous continued that Depardieu “will ask for a postponement to a later date so that he can attend.” His trial was set to begin at 1:30 p.m. Paris time on Monday.

actor Gérard Depardieu is expected to appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021.Depardieu, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, is accused of using “violence, coercion, surprise or threat” in the alleged assault, which prosecutors said took place on the set of “Les Volets verts” (”The Green Shutters.”)Prosecutors say that in both cases, victims reported that the 75-year-old actor trapped them between his legs and groped their buttocks, genitals, chest and breasts over their clothes.The trial comes as France continues to reckon with sexual violence in the wake of the #MeToo movement that struggled to find traction especially in the cinema industry.One of the victims has been identified as a 53-year-old production designer. The Associated Press doesn’t generally identify victims of sexual assault without their consent.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After a lengthy investigation, Paris prosecutors have requested that Gerard Depardieu stand trial over allegations of rape by digital penetration and sexual assault made by actor Charlotte Arnould. In a statement sent to Variety today, the Paris Prosecutors’ Office said that it has “requested the referral of Gerard Depardieu to the departmental criminal court to be tried for rape by digital penetration and sexual assault on Aug.

The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has requested that actor Gérard Depardieu stand trial in relation to rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould, French media reported on Thursday.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Kevin Spacey is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Teatro Antico in Taormina, Sicily. The award is presented as part of the Nations Awards, organized by Michel Curatolo and Marco Fallanca in association with the Senate of the Italian Republic and the Region of Sicily. Previous recipients include Gerard Depardieu, Abel Ferrara and Claudia Cardinale.

Kevin Spacey will be honored with the Nations Award for Lifetime Achievement at a special gala evening in the historic southern Italian town of Taormina in July.

hit with sexual assault allegations, according to reports. Depardieu, 75, dined at an outside table at Harry’s Bar with two women Tuesday afternoon when the infamous Rino Barillari, 79, allegedly snapped photos at the Via Veneto-located cafe.A columnist for the newspaper La Repubblica, Gianni Riotta, who was present when the alleged attack took place, claimed that Barillari had been asked multiple times to stop taking photos, according to The New York Times.As the famed photographer went to leave the bar, one of the women sitting with the French film star, Magda Vavrusova, allegedly followed Barillari into the street while shouting at him.Depardieu then reportedly confronted Barillari “and hit him, hit him, hit him.”“There was a lot of blood,” Riotta said.Magda Vavrusova’s lawyer, Delphine Meillet, told the outlet that Barillari had “violently pushed” her, touching her chest with his arm, before the attack and that Depardieu was defending her when he fell and “slid” into the Messaggero newspaper photographer.

UPDATED with trial and date details: French actor Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in October on charges of sexual assault allegedly committed against two women on the set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021, the Paris Public Prosecutor said on Monday.

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been taken into police custody over allegations of sexual assault. The 75-year-old actor was summoned to a Paris police station for questioning on Monday morning, broadcaster BFMTV said.

Alex Ritman Gerard Depardieu has been taken into police custody in Paris to face questioning over sexual assault allegations. The lawyer for the French actor told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the 75-year-old presented himself at a Parisian police station on Monday, where he’s to be questioned over sexual assault allegations from two women.

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind docuseries “The Staircase,” has once again struck a chord with “Samber,” a limited series about a French serial rapist that explores the damages of sexual violence against women and children. “Samber,” a six-part thriller series directed by de Lestrade, charts the true case of Dino Scala, a seemingly ordinary family man who sexually assaulted and raped more than 50 women and minors over three decades in Northeastern France.

Actress, director and writer Karine Silla has spoken out in defense of former partner Gérard Depardieu, by whom she has a 31-year-old daughter.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French prosecutors have dismissed the complaint filed by French actor Hélène Darras alleging that Gerard Depardieu sexually assaulted her during the filming of “Disco” in 2007. In a statement sent to Variety, the prosecutors’ office said the complaint filed on Sept.