Yesterday, in a Paris courtroom, Gerard Depardieu, the 76-year-old French one-time sex symbol, hell-raiser, star of more than 200 films including Jean de Florette, Cyrano de Bergerac and Green Card, was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women – a 34-year-old assistant director and a 54-year-old set dresser.
The court heard how, during the shooting of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris in September 2021, Depardieu trapped the set designer, known as Amelie, when she was making calls to track down parasols for the film.
How he grabbed her hard between his legs, groped her buttocks, pubis and chest with great force, and allegedly said, 'Come and touch my big parasol. I'll stick it in your p****,' until he had to be pulled off of her.
'That's where I understood the strength he had, he held me very, very hard,' said Amelie. 'I remember his eyes, I saw this big face, red eyes, very angry, very agitated… with a crazy look. I've never seen anything like that.'
And how, according to the assistant director who was not named in the media, he 'talked about sex all day on set, constantly talking of 'p****' to everyone' and attacked her in a similarly opportunistic and savage manner.
