US EditionItaly Judge Gives Depardieu Till October to Settle Rome Paparazzo Case
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Italy judge gives Depardieu till October to settle Rome paparazzo case
ROME - An Italian judge has given Gerard Depardieu until October to try to settle a case in which the French actor is accused of assaulting a veteran Italian photographer during an altercation in Rome last year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Gérard Depardieu and his partner Magda Vavrusova failed to appear in court in Rome on Tuesday. The couple had to appear before the judge after the famous French actor was accused of assault by Italian photographer Rino Barillari. The judge postponed the hearing to October 15.
The French actor's companion explains that the man would have "knocked him by touching his bust and his chest with his arm" and that the actor would have intervened. Both did not respond to the summons of Italian justice on Tuesday 17 June.
A month ago Depardieu was sentenced to probation for sexual assault. Now the actor has new trouble: an Italian photographer accuses him of having become violent. Depardieu's companion at the time described the incident differently.
This time, no sexual violence, but a physical assault against Rino Barillari, an 80-year-old Italian known to be the "king of the paparazzi". The events reportedly took place on 21 May... Read more about Elle.fr
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