Gérard Depardieu discovered responsible of sexual assault

The 76-year-old actor was convicted of sexually assaulting a set dresser, 54, and an assistant director, 34, through the taking pictures of the movie Les Volets Verts (The Inexperienced Shutters) in Paris in September 2021.

In addition to the suspended sentence, he was given a high-quality of €29,000 (over £24,000) and his identify can be added to the intercourse offender register in France. He didn’t seem in courtroom for the decision, however his lawyer, Jérémie Assous, mentioned he would attraction in opposition to it.

The courtroom heard that Depardieu trapped the set dresser, named as Amélie within the media, between his legs on set and grabbed her buttocks, pubis and chest. She mentioned that he used obscene language and needed to be pulled off her. He allegedly mentioned, by way of The Guardian: “Come and contact my massive parasol, I’ll stick it in your pussy.”

She mentioned: “That worry that I felt – what stands out for me is just not his sexual want however his savagery. It was the truth that he knew I used to be afraid – I noticed his eyes mild up with a type of pleasure in making somebody afraid. I keep in mind that savagery. He actually terrified me, and that amused him.”

He was convicted of sexually assaulting the assistant director, who has not been named within the media, by touching her breasts and buttocks on three separate events with the assaults making her really feel “petrified”. She mentioned that the actor “talked about intercourse all day on set, continuously speaking of ‘pussy’ to everybody.”

The choose, Thierry Donard, additionally dominated that Assous had been “excessively harsh” to the 2 ladies. Assous had mentioned that they had been working for “rabid feminism,” mentioned they’d an “insufferable voice,” and referred to as their legal professionals “abject and silly”. He awarded the complainants compensation for being victimised by Depardieu’s defence, ordering that he pay them every €1,000.

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Amélie mentioned exterior courtroom: “For me, this can be a victory. Justice has been accomplished”. Her lawyer, Carine Durrieu Diebolt, added: “I hope that is the top of impunity for cinema artists. I’ve heard some actors not too long ago nonetheless supporting Depardieu. Now with this verdict, nobody can say Gérard Depardieu is just not a sexual predator, and that’s crucial.

“Right now, on the primary day of the Cannes Movie Pageant, I would like the cinema world to think about the victims of Gérard Depardieu, and to talk of these victims.”

Earlier than the decision, former actress Brigitte Bardot supported Depardieu, defending “gifted individuals who seize a lady’s backside” and saying, “Feminism is just not my factor” in her first interview in over a decade.

In 2018, Depardieu was accused of sexual assault and rape by Charlotte Arnould, who reported being assaulted twice by him throughout rehearsal classes at his residence. The Paris prosecutor’s workplace has requested that the actor, a pal of Arnould’s father, face trial on this case, however no date has been set.

Emmanuelle Debever, who accused Depardieu of sexual assault in a 2019 Fb publish, died in December 2023 in an obvious suicide.

In April 2023, 13 ladies accused him of sexual assault and sexual harassment with regard to incidents that occurred between 2004 and 2022.

In an open letter to French newspaper Le Figaro that October, Depardieu strongly denied all allegations and wrongdoing, saying: “By no means, ever have I abused a girl,” whereas he additionally claimed that he was the sufferer of a “media courtroom”.

For assist, recommendation or extra data concerning sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Disaster charity web site. Within the US, go to RAINN.