Gérard Depardieu To Stand Trial In October For Alleged Sexual Assault Following Police Questioning

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UPDATED with trial and date details: French actor Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in October on charges of sexual assault allegedly committed against two women on the set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021, the Paris Public Prosecutor said on Monday.

The announcement came after Depardieu was taken into police custody on Monday morning for questioning on sexual assault accusations. “At the end of his police custody at the 3rd judicial police district, Gérard Depardieu was given a summons to appear before the criminal court… for sexual assaults likely to have been committed in September 2021 against two victims, on the set of the film The Green Shutters,” the prosecutor’s office said in a note.

Local media reports said that the actor had been called in for questioning on accusations related to events on the sets of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s Le Magicien et les Siamois in 2014, and Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters (Volets Verts) in 2021.

The Paris Public Prosecutor said October’s trial would be in relation to two separate accusations related to the shoot of The Green Shutters.