(Paris) A decorator filed a complaint on Friday over an alleged sexual assault on a set in 2021 against Gérard Depardieu, who is already facing allegations of sexual violence, the complainant's lawyer told AFP on Sunday.
Posted at 1:57 p.m.
Carine Durrieu-Diebolt, who already defends the actress Charlotte Arnould, alleged victim of rape that led to the indictment of Gérard Depardieu in December 2020, confirmed that she has submitted this new complaint of sexual assault, sexual harassment, etc. to the Paris prosecutor's office forwarded sexist insults.
When asked, the Paris prosecutor's office could not confirm the filing of the lawsuit and Mr. Depardieu's lawyer did not comment.
According to Me Durrieu-Diebolt, the facts date back to 2021 and are not time-barred. They would have appeared in Paris during the filming of the film Les Shutters Vertes, directed by Jean Becker.
The woman who denounced these facts was called Amélie and was 53 years old. She was a production designer on set.
According to his report in the online newspaper Mediapart, which reveals this new affair, the Cyrano de Bergerac actor is said to have made numerous incisive remarks during filming in Paris on September 10, 2021 and later “caught” her with brutality “her waist , kneading her stomach up to her breasts”.
The reported attack was reportedly interrupted by the actor's bodyguards.
According to Mediapart, another woman, Sarah, 33 years old and third assistant director on the same shoot, accuses Mr. Depardieu of touching her twice “on the chest and buttocks” on August 31, 2021, while still in Paris.
In addition to his indictment over allegations dating back to August 2018, Mr. Depardieu is the subject of a preliminary investigation in Paris over sexual assaults in 2014, reported on set by a then-24-year-old assistant.
Another sexual assault lawsuit filed by actress Hélène Darras for offenses dating back to 2007 was filed at the end of December due to the statute of limitations.
In addition, in Spain, the journalist and writer Ruth Baza filed a complaint with the Spanish police in mid-December about an alleged rape in Paris in October 1995.