French Actor Depardieu Withdraws Appeal for Sexual Assault Conviction
The withdrawal leaves an 18-month suspended sentence and sex-offender registration in place after the appeal was set to start next week.
- 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 had passed on a set of films to two women, which had resulted in a trial. Now the actor is withdrawing his appeal at the last minute. The reason is probably new accusations – including video proof.
In France, a parole sentence for sexual assault against the former acting star Gérard Depardieu is legally valid. The 77-year-old renounces the appeal procedure, which was to begin on Monday, the AFP learned. His lawyers must now confirm this in court. Depardieu was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 2025. Meanwhile, recordings of another alleged sexual harassment were published. On Thursday, the French investigative magazine "Mediapart" pub…
The actor withdrew his appeal for having sexually assaulted two women during the filming of "Green Volets" in 2021. He thus rendered final his 18-month suspended prison sentence. In March 2025, the first trial had defrayed the chronicle by the brutality of the defence towards the complainants. - Sexual assaults: Gérard Depardieu renounces his appeal, his final conviction (Culture, media and entertainment).
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
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