Gérard Depardieu will not attend his trial on charges of sexual assault, related to events on the set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021, which is due to kick off in Paris on Monday afternoon.
The French actor’s lawyer Jérémie Assous said the Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac star had been advised against attending the hearings in person for health reason, and that the actor was seeking a postponement. “Gérard Depardieu is extremely affected and unfortunately, his doctors have forbidden him from appearing at the hearing,” Assous said in an interview with RTL France.
The actor is being tried on charges of sexual assault allegedly committed against two women on the set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021.
The trial is being viewed as a test case for #MeToo in France with the media backlash against the star, who is hailed as one of country’s greatest actors, dividing the local film industry.
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