Posted on 02/23/2021 11:07:05 AM PST by nickcarraway
French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault allegedly committed in 2018 against an actress in her 20s, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday (Feb 23).
An initial investigation into the rape accusations against Depardieu, 72, was dropped in 2019 for lack of evidence but reopened last summer, leading to criminal charges filed in December, the source said.
The actress accuses Depardieu of having raped and assaulted her at his Parisian home in August 2018.
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Accusations of sexual assault have swirled around him since he was a very young man. He comes from a rather rough background, and his rise to the pantheon hasn’t erased his basic thuggish nature.
Seriously? Ever see the guy? He’s huge and very strong.

oh wow, did not know of any of that.
Don’t know don’t care. In the current media madness, I don’t believe anything at first report. Regardless, his performance in Cyrano de Bergerac is EPIC. He is and always will be the very best Cyrano of all time. In French and subtitled and worth owning and rewatching.
I doubt that, but if he did, then his goose is cooked.
Rush always enjoyed saying his name.
Rush always enjoyed saying his name.
Isn’t he a Russian citizen now?
I am not sure if that ever went through.
Last I heard Depardieu was a citizen of Russia.
Ahh
“I wonder how long it will be before some fighter pilot about to be kicked out for being a white Christian defects in his F-35”
In a few more years Russia will be more free to a white male than the USA
Yes indeed, my favorite of all the ones made.
If you are rich and/or famous the only way to protect yourself is literally to have complete video and audio of all dalliances.
Good grief. No woman would willingly ... ugh
I beg to differ. I worked in the film industry....PLENTY of young women would have sex for a film role or just to be an old powerful guys gf, so they can go to parties, get expensive gifts. That’s why I suspect some of the Harvey Weinstein ‘victims’. I’ve known personally young women that did this crap, they would tell me the details and laugh about what they got out of the guy. If she was at his house, I suspect her story.
I love Pepe and the kitty.
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