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Gerard Depardieu Faces 18-Month Suspended Prison Sentence at Sexual Assault Trial
French actor Gerard Depardieu is facing an 18-month suspended prison sentence for the alleged sexual assaults of two women he worked with on a 2021 film.
After a three-day-trial during which Depardieu denied all accusations, French prosecutors requested a suspended prison sentence along with a fine of 20,000 euros, as well as an obligation to undergo psychological treatment and registration in the sex offenders file. Depardieu, long considered a leading figure of France’s cinematic history who has starred in over 150 films, including classics such as Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s “Cyrano de Bergerac,” has been accused by a set decorator and an assistant director on “The Green Shutters.” Last August, the Paris public prosecutor’s office requested in a final indictment that Depardieu be referred to the departmental criminal court to stand trial for rape by digital penetration and sexual assault that allegedly occurred on Aug. 7 and 13 of 2018.
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