French Actor & Director Nicolas Bedos Receives One-Year Prison Sentence With Six Months Suspended For Sexual Assault
deadline.comFrench actor and director Nicolas Bedos has been sentenced to one-year in prison with six months suspended, with an obligation to undergo treatment, for sexually assaulting two women in separate incidents in 2023.
The popular actor, director and writer – whose directorial credits include La Belle Epoque, OSS 177: From Africa With Love and Mr & Mme Adelman – was being tried in Paris in relation to three separate incidents that took place between 2018 and 2023.
The actor, who did not attend the hearing, was cleared of a third accusation of sexual harassment dating back to 2018. At a first hearing at the end of September, the prosecuting judge demanded a suspended one-year sentence for the actor and an obligation that he undergo treatment for this behavior.
It remains to be seen whether Bedos will do jail time. For sentences under two years in France, another judge often decides how much of the custodial sentence must be spent in jail, or whether other measures like house arrest can be applied.
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