Gérard Depardieu at a courthouse in Paris, France, on March 27, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
French actor Gérard Depardieu on Friday, April 17, dropped a lawsuit against broadcaster France Télévisions over a 2023 television report that portrayed him as making sexual comments about a young girl. Depardieu, whose prolific film and television career includes 1990 comedy Green Card and Netflix series Marseille, is the highest-profile figure caught up in France's response to the #MeToo movement.
The 77-year-old actor's decision to withdraw the lawsuit was announced by his new attorney, Delphine Meillet, at the start of a hearing before the Paris Criminal Court.
The court case focuses on a dispute between Depardieu and a television show that in December 2023 aired a report that dented his public image and sparked an uproar in France. The episode, titled "The Fall of the Ogre," included footage of him repeatedly making sexual comments about women during a trip to North Korea in 2018. In one section, he appears to make an obscene comment about a young girl riding a horse.
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