One of the most famous cases The #metoo case in France has just been resolved: a Paris court has found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of the movie The green shutters. The complaints were filed by a set decorator and an assistant director for the film. The judge imposed the sentence requested by the prosecution: an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €20,000 fine.

One of the most famous cases The Me Too scandal in France has just been resolved: a Paris court has found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of the movie in 2021 The green shutters. The complaints were filed by a set decorator and an assistant director for the film. The judge imposed the sentence requested by the prosecution: an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €20,000 fine.

The Prosecutor's Office has requested this Thursday a sentence of 18 months of exempt prison for the French actor Gérard Depardieu for the sexual assaults that he allegedly committed against a set decorator and an assistant director of the film The green shutters, during the filming of the movie in September 2021.

French actor Gérard Depardieu returned to court on Tuesday, where he denied committing the sexual assaults of which he is accused. "I don't see why I should enjoy groping a woman on a film set. I'm not a groper. There are many vices that I truly don't know," the actor said, in statements reported by the Efe news agency. Depardieu is accused of having committed sexual assault and sexual harassment in 2021, during the filming of The green shutters, against two workers (a decorator and an assistant director) on the film. The actor faces up to five years in prison and a €75,000 fine.

The trial begins in Gérard Depardieu, great figure of French cinema, for sexually assaulting two women during the filming of The green shutters in 2021. The 76-year-old actor is due to appear in Paris this Monday, but it is not yet known for sure whether the trial will take place today: it was postponed last October for health reasons, according to Depardieu's defense. The actor, who has a long career spanning more than 250 films, has received in recent years numerous accusations of sexual assault: This is now the first time he has been forced to stand trial in a case that has emerged following the outbreak of the Me Too movement around the world.