French Actor Depardieu Withdraws Appeal for Sexual Assault Conviction
The footage appears to undermine Depardieu’s denial as witnesses backed the extra’s account and the actor faces renewed scrutiny over past assault allegations.
- On Thursday, Mediapart published previously unseen 2011 footage showing 77-year-old Gérard Depardieu repeatedly touching a 22-year-old extra identified as Olivia on the set of the film Turf at Auteuil racecourse.
- Director Fabien Onteniente confronted Depardieu on the set after the incident, later describing the actor as 'sheepish, acting like a child who's done something wrong' when challenged about his behavior.
- The footage contradicts Depardieu's defense that he never touched a woman without consent, with 22 women accusing the actor of sexual violence since 2018.
- Separately, sources told AFP today that Depardieu is withdrawing his appeal of a 2021 conviction for assaulting two women on the set of The Green Shutters, making the original sentence final.
- The actor still faces a separate pending trial for allegedly raping actress Charlotte Arnould, while lawyer Jeremy Assous argues that 'from the moment you are accused of sexual assault, you are automatically convicted.
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Gérard Depardieu, who has to be rejudged from Monday for having sexually assaulted two women during the shooting of the film Les fonds verts in 2021, will renounce his call, learned Friday the AFP from a source close to the file, confirming an information from France Inter.
French actor Depardieu withdraws appeal for sexual assault conviction
Gerard Depardieu has decided to renounce the appeal against the conviction for sexual assault. The sentence of first instance, 18 months of imprisonment with the conditional, becomes so definitive. The news, relaunched by the BFM TV broadcaster who learned it from a source close to the Public Prosecutor's Office, puts an end to a judicial affair that should have [...] The article "Gerard Depardieu renounces the appeal, the condemnation for sexua…
The 77-year-old actor was accused of sexually assaulting two women during filming a movie in 2021
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