Actor Depardieu says hand on the buttocks is not sexual assault, tells court he did not touch plaintiff

Actor Gerard Depardieu, on the third day of a sexual assault trial, told a Paris court on Wednesday (March 26) that he did not consider placing a hand on a person's buttocks sexual assault and that some women were too easily shocked, but denied assault. A towering figure of French cinema, Depardieu, 76, has faced a...

French prosecutors request 18-month suspended sentence for actor Depardieu

French prosecutors requested on Thursday (March 27) an 18-month suspended sentence and a 20,000-euro (S$28,912) fine for actor Gerard Depardieu in his sexual assault trial, Le Parisien and other media reported. Depardieu, 76, a towering figure of French cinema, is accused of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021. This is the first...

French actor Gerard Depardieu to be tried in October over alleged sexual assaults

French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried next October for alleged sexual assaults against two women during a 2021 film shoot, the Paris public prosecutor said on Monday (April 29). Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has been at the centre of a growing number of sexual assault allegations in recent years that have tarnished...