{"id":38477,"date":"2024-04-29T19:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/gerard-depardieu-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-assault-case\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:59:48","slug":"gerard-depardieu-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/gerard-depardieu-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9rard Depardieu Ordered to Stand Trial in Sexual Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/04\/29\/multimedia\/29depardieu-1-gclf\/29depardieu-1-gclf-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"G\u00e9rard Depardieu Ordered to Stand Trial in Sexual Assault Case\" title=\"G\u00e9rard Depardieu Ordered to Stand Trial in Sexual Assault Case\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">G\u00e9rard Depardieu was ordered on Monday to stand trial on criminal charges that he sexually assaulted two women during a 2021 film shoot in France, deepening the French actor\u2019s legal woes and further tarnishing his global reputation as he faces a growing number of accusations of sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Paris prosecutor\u2019s office announced that Mr. Depardieu, 75, would be tried in October over allegations that he sexually assaulted the two women on the set of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15167162\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLes Volets Verts,\u201d<\/a> or \u201cThe Green Shutters,\u201d a movie by the French director Jean Becker that was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The prosecutor\u2019s office did not identify the two women or provide any details about the alleged assaults. Lawyers for Mr. Depardieu did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday evening, but the actor has repeatedly denied any sexual misconduct in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The order to stand trial was a serious development for Mr. Depardieu \u2014 one of the most prominent men in France to face accusations of sexual wrongdoing, especially since <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/03\/movies\/judith-godreche-metoo-abuse-france.html?searchResultPosition=5\" title=\"\">a new wave of allegations swept through the French movie industry<\/a> in recent months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Depardieu has been accused by over a dozen women of groping, harassment, or sexual assault over past years, but he has not stood trial in any of the cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An internationally recognized leading man who has played in more than 250 movies, he has become a #MeToo flashpoint in French society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/21\/movies\/gerard-depardieu-emmanuel-macron-sexual-assault.html?searchResultPosition=3\" title=\"\">including President Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, have defended Mr. Depardieu, condemning what they say is an unfair witch hunt against a celebrated actor who is presumed innocent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Others have welcomed the fact that Mr. Depardieu\u2019s behavior on movie sets is finally being acknowledged by the French movie industry as it faces <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/03\/movies\/judith-godreche-metoo-abuse-france.html?searchResultPosition=5\" title=\"\">a long-overdue internal reckoning<\/a> with sexism and sexual violence in its midst.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two women who have accused Mr. Depardieu of sexual assault on the set of \u201cThe Green Shutters\u201d spoke anonymously this year with Mediapart, an investigative news website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One woman, a 53-year-old set decorator, said that Mr. Depardieu had used extremely crude language and had brutally molested her on set during a shoot in Paris in September 2021; the other, a 33-year-old assistant director, said he had groped her several times, also during filming in the French capital, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapart.fr\/journal\/france\/250224\/une-nouvelle-plainte-pour-agression-sexuelle-ete-deposee-contre-gerard-depardieu\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mediapart reported in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The movie production team made Mr. Depardieu apologize to the two women, according to Mediapart, which said it had corroborated their account with over a dozen people who had worked on the movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Paris prosecutors announced the order to stand trial on Monday evening, after Mr. Depardieu spent several hours being questioned by the police in the French capital. He cannot appeal the order, the prosecutor\u2019s office said, although the hearing could be pushed to a later date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Depardieu had already been charged with rape and sexual assault in 2020 in a separate case involving Charlotte Arnould, a French actress who says he sexually assaulted her in Paris in 2018, when she was 22. That investigation was finalized this month, the prosecutor\u2019s office said, but it is not yet clear whether Mr. Depardieu will stand trial on those accusations as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a different French actress was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/22\/arts\/depardieu-sex-assault-suit.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">dropped in January<\/a> because it was past the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/29\/world\/europe\/gerard-depardieu-trial-sexual-assault.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u00e9rard Depardieu was ordered on Monday to stand trial on criminal charges that he sexually assaulted two women during a 2021 film shoot in France, deepening the French actor\u2019s legal woes and further tarnishing his global reputation as he faces a growing number of accusations of sexual violence. 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