The French #MeToo movement has returned to the spotlight today (March 24th). Actor Gerard Despardieu is expected to face charges of sexual assault on the film set at a criminal court in Paris.
The French actor, now 76 years old, is being tested for sexual assaults of two women, an assistant director and a set designer, during the 2021 filming of Jean Becker. Green shutter (the vertex of lesbolet) In 2022, co-stars Anouk Grinberg and Fanny Ardant were released.
If he is convicted, he could face a fine of 75,000 euros in five years prison. He also faces other charges in other cases.
Depardieu continues to deny fraud. “Never, but never, I have abused a woman,” Depardou wrote in an open letter in the newspaper in 2023 protecting herself. Le Figaro.
The trial was postponed from its original date on October 28th after the actor’s lawyer cited health concerns that prevented him from physically present. On March 4, French press reported that if a two-day trial was scheduled for a break, and if the two-day trial did not last for more than six hours a day, Depardieu was well deemed well enough for him to attend.
In the past few weeks leading up to just the trial, the actor has been accused of three more sexually harassed women Mediapart Local reports say he is under investigation for allegedly falsely declaring his tax residency in Belgium since 2013, accompanied by raids on his property in both France and Belgium.
Last August, Paris prosecutors asked for trial involving actress Charlotte Arnold’s allegations of rape.
Big moment
Despite being accused of varying degrees of sexual harassment by several women, the court date on Monday marks the actor’s first official trial. He is also the most famous and internationally renowned person in the French #MeToo movement, which faces trials in the #MeToo movement, which includes around 200 films and series. The last metro, Cyrano de Bergerac and Green card.
In February, a French court ruled that French filmmaker Christophe Lagia was found guilty of sexually assaulting actress Adele Harnell, a minor, when sentenced to four years in prison. That trial was to first go to the courthouse in the major #MeToo case of the French film industry.
Legal procedures arise as the French film industry continues to consider the past and continue to make great strides in making changes to prevent such incidents on film sets.
In October, the French Parliament unanimously voted to set up a committee investigating sexual assaults within the French film industry. Since then, a group of elected representatives, chaired by economist and politician Sandrine Rousseau, has held a series of hearings and summoned figures from major industry figures, including top tier talents such as producers Hugo Serignac, Dimitri Lassam, François Kraus, Olivier Delvos, and Putty Film President Ardavan Safaye and Jean Dugil Binrue Lerowy. Noemy Merlandt, Anna Moogralis and Virginy Ephila.
The committee is spearheaded by Judith Godres, and Rousseau will reveal her full report this spring.
Last week, producer and former agent Dominique Besnehardt was known for creating a hit series Call my agent! , Summoned by a Congressional Committee, where he defended Despardieu and questioned the actress’s motives in interacting with both Despardieu and Harvey Weinstein during a tense exchange with Rousseau. “I belong to the Old World,” the 71-year-old repeated through interrogation.
Citing “presumption of innocence,” he accused Arnold of accusing Depardeu of raping her, telling the committee:
Besnehard was one of the signers of the December 2023 petition, in particular Le Figaro We support Depardieu.
Depardieu has been caught up in several scandals over the years spanning drunk driving, urinating in the aisle of a plane and making explicit statements that appear to make young girls sexual on North Korean television aired on French television in 2023 Ogre collapse.
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