French actor Gérard Depardieu It has been convicted of sexual aggression to two women in one of the cases of #MeToo more high profile in Europe.
The 76 -year -old star has appeared in more than 200 films, including Cyrano de Bergerac and Jean de FloretteAnd he has won multiple awards approximately more than five decades in the cinema.
On Tuesday, May 13, the Paris Court gave the actor a Stentrement of the 18 -month suspended prison for touches two different women while filming the film 2021 Les Volets Verts. Both women were part of the filming team behind the scene and said they had been afraid to speak due to feeling intimidated by the star.
“I was petrified,” said one of them, a set designer named Amelie K, who told the court that the actor used raw language and caught her between her legs when she passed it in a corridor, before touching her body. “Hello, he terrified me, he looked like a madman,” he added. “Hello, it touched everything, including my breasts. I was terrified, he was laughing.”
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Depardieu fiercely denied the accusations and initially received the support of high profile figures in the film industry, together with the French president Emmanuel MacronWhich previously described the star as “the pride of France.” However, the Court considered that its incident account was inconsistent.
Carine DieboltAmelie K’s lawyer said that Depardieu deliberately pointed to women who were not high profile. “He is strong with the weak and weak with the strong,” he said.
Interrogation duration, Depardieu admitted that he first denied touching the victim before saying that he grabbed his hips to avoid a fall, and then said he was trying to get his attention. Hey, he also said he didn’t know what sexual assault was.
Diebolt told him later Sky News That department was finally the hero of the bee responsible for the behavior that had tolerated due to his state and fame. “These women were in danger,” he said. “It is a line of crimes that committed a few years that were tolerated by the world of cinema, was Gérard Depardieu. Because the financial benefits it brings to the industry are so substantial. He warned Amelie about Depardieu’s behavior, so her words and actions were a terrible surprise for her.”
The lawyer added that another 20 women have submitted accusations about the actor. It will be put in trial again at the end of this year for positions of rape of the actress. Charlotte Arnould. She has been accused of play, a friend of her parents, or raped her at her home in Paris.
