Gerard Depardieu Questioned by French Police After 2 New Sexual Assault Accusers Come Forward
Local reports say the actor presented himself Monday to authorities in Paris
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Gerard Depardieu turned himself in Monday to Paris police who sought to question him about allegations of sexual assault from two new accusers, according to multiple French media reports.
The 75-year-old French actor faces new allegations from incidents on film sets in 2021 and 2014, his lawyer told AFP and a CNN affiliate in Paris. An unnamed set designer from the 2022 film “The Green Shutters” accused him in the more recent incident; the earlier accusation is from the 2015 TV movie “The Magician and the Siamese.”
Depardieu is already facing two allegations of rape by actress Charlotte Arnould, who says she was assaulted in 2018; that case is working through the French courts. Another complaint, filed by French actress Helene Darras from a 2007 film shoot, was dismissed earlier this year for being outside the statute of limitations.
Another 13 women spoke to the French news website Mediapart for 2023 report accusing him of sexually inappropriate behavior. A Spanish journalist also accused him of raping her in the 1990s.
Depardieu wrote in an open letter last year that he is “neither a rapist, nor a predator.”
More to come …
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