French Actor Depardieu Withdraws Appeal for Sexual Assault Conviction
The withdrawal leaves Depardieu’s 18-month suspended sentence and sex-offender registration in place after his conviction for assaulting two women on a film set.
- 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 has decided to withdraw his appeal against his conviction for sexual assaults against two women. The development makes the 18-month suspended prison sentence imposed on him in May 2025 by the Paris Criminal Court final. The appeal hearing was scheduled for November 16-20. However, as France Inter revealed, the 77-year-old actor ultimately decided not to proceed with the process. The official announcement of the withdrawal is exp…
His appeal was scheduled to begin on Monday. The sentence of 18 months' suspended imprisonment, handed down against Gérard Depardieu in 2025, is therefore final.
From Monday Gérard Depardieu wanted to fight for his supposed innocence. Now the probation sentence against him becomes legal. This could also be related to a new media report.
The sentence of 18 months' suspended imprisonment of the sacred monster of French cinema becomes final.
French actor Gérard Depardieu resigned from appealing his conviction for sexually assaulting two women during a shooting in 2021, AFP reported on Friday. The decision, confirmed by a source close to the case, comes after the publication of a video in which the actor is observed performing sexual touching on a figure during the shooting of another film released in 2013. The images, broadcast on Thursday by Mediapart and Le Média media, show the y…
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The accusations of sexual assault against Gérard Depardieu add up to a new and shocking chapter. The French media Le Média has brought to light some unpublished images recorded in November 2011 during the filming of the film Turf in which the actor is observed trying to sexually assault a young figure of 22 years. Scenes that remained hidden for 15 years and now allow to observe behaviors that so far were known mainly through testimonies.
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