French actor Gérard Depardieu at the Paris criminal court, on March 26, 2025. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
A French investigating judge ordered Gérard Depardieu to stand trial over the alleged rape and sexual assault of actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018, Agence France-Presse agency learned from sources close to the case on Tuesday, September 2. The decision comes after a Paris court handed Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence in a separate case in May, after convicting him of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021. Depardieu has denied the allegation, saying his relationship with Arnould was consensual.
The 76-year-old actor has been under investigation since December 2020 in connection with the case. "Seven years later, seven years of horror and hell. (...) I think I'm having trouble realising how huge this is. I'm relieved," said Arnould, who filed the complaint in 2018. A lawyer for Depardieu did not immediately comment when contacted by AFP.
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