New sexual misconduct charges emerge against Gérard Depardieu

New sexual misconduct charges emerge against Gérard Depardieu

Published February 16,2024


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New sexual misconduct allegations have emerged towards French actor Gérard Depardieu.

A girl filed a lawsuit towards the actor on January 9 for sexual assault throughout a movie shoot virtually 10 years in the past. The incidents happened in March 2014 through the capturing of the movie “Le Magicien et les Siamois.”

The lady, who needs to stay nameless, was 24 years previous on the time and labored as an assistant, reported the newspaper Le Courrier de l’Ouest. She had complained about Depardieu touching her non-public elements and making obscene remarks.

According to the newspaper, Depardieu’s lawyer identified that, as within the different ongoing courtroom proceedings, his consumer denies sexual harassment.

The grievance towards Depardieu was filed for “sexual assault on a vulnerable person by a person who abuses the authority of their position.”

Several girls have accused the well-known actor, who has appeared in over 200 movies, of sexual violence. Depardieu has been beneath investigation for allegations of rape since 2020.

Since mid-September, one other grievance towards him for sexual abuse is alleged to be ongoing. The incident is alleged to have taken place in 2007.

Depardieu denies the allegations. In a letter revealed within the newspaper Le Figaro at first of October, he describes himself because the sufferer of a “media lynching.”

Depardieu was harshly criticized for his behaviour in a documentary movie about his journey to North Korea in 2018, which was broadcast at first of December. In the movie he repeatedly makes misogynistic and vulgar feedback.

Source: www.anews.com.tr