Gérard Depardieu arrives at Paris court for trial over sexual assault allegations
Actor, 76, is accused of groping two women on set during the filming of The Green Shutters in 2021
Gérard Depardieu arrived at a Paris court on Monday for his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, a case that places one of France’s best-known film stars at the heart of the country’s broader reckoning over sexual violence.
Depardieu, 76, has faced allegations of rape or sexual assault from more than a dozen women, all of which he has denied, but this is the first time he has appeared in court to answer accusations.
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