French court hands Gerard Depardieu 18-month suspended sentence for sexual assault

Published: 4:38pm, 13 May 2025Updated: 4:47pm, 13 May 2025

A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of having sexually assaulted two women on a 2021 film set, giving him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

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The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).

The case is widely seen as a key post-#MeToo test of how French society and its film industry address allegations of sexual misconduct involving prominent figures.

Depardieu had denied wrongdoing.

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