Gerard Depardieu is found GUILTY of sexual assaulting two women on film set and given 18-month suspended jail term

French movie fable Gerard Depardieu has been recovered blameworthy of sexually assaulting 2 women connected a 2021 movie set. 

The actor, 76, has been convicted of having groped a 54-year-old acceptable dresser and a 34-year-old adjunct during the filming of 'Les Volets Verts' ('The Green Shutters'), directed by Jean Becker.

He has present been handed an 18-month suspended situation sentence. 

The actor, who has appeared successful implicit 200 films and tv series, has been accused of improper behaviour by astir 20 women, but this was the archetypal lawsuit to scope trial.

Depardieu has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

Both of his victims had been moving connected the movie successful behind-the-scene roles and claimed they were excessively frightened to talk retired astatine the time.

'I was petrified', said 1 of the women, a acceptable decorator named Amelie. 

She told the tribunal that Depardieu had trapped her betwixt his legs arsenic she tried to walk him successful a corridor earlier helium began touching her body.

'He terrified maine - helium looked similar a madman,' she said.

Depardieu archetypal arrived successful tribunal for his proceedings successful March, dressed successful a acheronian suit with nary tie, appearing unfazed by the superior allegations against him. 

The acceptable dresser alleged the histrion was openly making crude remarks connected set, and astatine 1 constituent loudly complained helium 'couldn't adjacent get it up' due to the fact that of the heat.

She claimed helium boasted helium could 'give women an orgasm without touching them' and that an hr aboriginal Depardieu 'brutally grabbed' her.

The histrion pinned her by 'closing his legs' astir her earlier groping her waist and her stomach, continuing up to her breasts, she added.

She said Depardieu made 'obscene remarks' including: 'Come and interaction my large parasol. I'll instrumentality it successful your p****.'

She described the actor's bodyguards dragging him distant arsenic helium shouted: 'We'll spot each different again, my dear.'

The 2nd accuser, the adjunct director, has besides accused Depardieu of intersexual violence, though details of her lawsuit were not made public. 

Prominent French histrion Anouk Grinberg, who besides starred successful Les Volets Verts, publically supported the accusers, claiming Depardieu routinely made 'salacious remarks' during filming. She has accused producers of knowingly 'hiring an abuser'.

Depardieu has been the taxable of aggregate intersexual misconduct allegations implicit the years.

Around 20 women person travel forward, but galore cases person been dropped owed to France's statute of limitations.

In 2018, French histrion Charlotte Arnould became the archetypal pistillate to record a transgression ailment against Depardieu, accusing him of rape and intersexual assault.

In August 2023, French prosecutors requested a proceedings connected those charges - claims Depardieu has vehemently denied.

'Never, but never, person I abused a woman,' the histrion wrote successful an unfastened missive to blimpish paper Le Figaro.

Depardieu, erstwhile France's astir celebrated actor, has go arsenic infamous for his arguable behaviour off-screen.

In 2011, helium made headlines for urinating successful the aisle of a plane.

He has been progressive successful drunken brawls, arrested for drink-driving, and has sparked outrage with his adjacent ties to Vladimir Putin.

A 2023 French TV documentary, 'The Fall of the Ogre', revealed footage of Depardieu connected a 2018 travel to North Korea making explicit intersexual comments successful beforehand of a pistillate interpreter and appearing to sexualise a young miss riding a horse.

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