Paris – The French cinema icon Gerard Depardio in the court in Paris this week, accused of sexual assault on two women in 2021. A group designer, 34, and a 54 -year -old producer, claims that the actor grabbed and received them while filming “Les Volets Verts” (“Green Wrestling” in Paris in August and Spar (September 2021).
The situation took on Tuesday for the first time, Depardieu told the court that it is not like the man who was described by the two women.
“I don’t see why I will run a woman, her buttocks, and her breasts,” he said. “I am not a person who rubs himself against people on the metro.”
The actor said he was “very emotional” in court.
The two women did not immediately compare the alleged crimes. However, after the actor published an open letter in the Le Figaro newspaper in October 2023, he stated: “I had never offended,” the specified designer went to the police. Depardieu has reported alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexual insults.
The trial was opened for the first time in October, but it was It was postponed due to the health of DePardieu. His lawyer told the court that 76 -year -old was diabetic and recently underwent a quadruple heart surgery.
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Medical experts later considered it a decent to attend the experiment, but he restricted listening sessions to six hours a day, with a temporary provision for 15 minutes if you need Depardieu to it. The experiment that opened on Monday was scheduled for only two days, but it might go more if his health requires rest periods in the procedures.
Depardieu was in court to open the trial on Monday. While they were walking together, his lawyer told the correspondents that the actor was happy to provide the opportunity to present his team.
“Gerard Depardio is a very free person, and it can be very direct,” said his lawyer, Jeremy Ajour, who rejected the accusations as “lies”.
Dozens of demonstrators, most of whom are women, gathered out of the court, which condemns what they called the sexual sex and impulses of citizenship in French cinema and French society. They told the correspondents that they were happy that the actor was in the end in the court to respond to the allegations, and threw banners with messages, including: “The victims, we believe in you; the rapists, we see you.” “Touch one, you answer everyone.”
A giant in French cinema, DePardieu has been more famous than famous in recent years. He was accused of sexual misconduct by more than ten women in the film industry. Several claims appeared after years of alleged accidents, therefore, under French law, the actor cannot be tried for them.
In a high -level step, the actor left his original homeland for a few years ago about a decade ago, and moved to Belgium, after criticizing the French tax increases.
Depaardieu was open about his admiration for Russia during the era of tyranny Vladimir Putin, who granted Russian citizenship in 2013.
He also later became a citizen in Dubai.
Depardieu, who denies all the charges against him, faces five years in prison and a good reward for about $ 80,000 if convicted.