Film legend to face trial in Paris for alleged sexual assault of two women during a 2021 film shoot.
Published On 21 Mar 2025
French film legend Gerard Depardieu is set to go on trial in Paris on Monday for accusations of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.
Depardieu, 76, who has made more than 200 films and television series, has been accused of improper behaviour by about 20 women but this is the first case to come to trial which will begin Monday. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Depardieu’s lawyer, Jeremie Assous, said on Friday that the case was based on “false accusations” against his client, adding that the movie star was expected to attend the two-day trial after an initial hearing was postponed due to his ill health.
Prosecutors say the assaults took place during the filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).
They accuse Depardieu of groping one of the women on the film set, pulling her towards him and trapping her