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French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty in Sexual Assault Trial
Breitbart ^ | May 13, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/13/2025 5:03:47 AM PDT by Red Badger

French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was found guilty Tuesday on a charge of sexually assaulting two women on a 2021 film set.

He was given a suspended jail term of 18 months at the conclusion of a trial in Paris and duly inscribed on the national sex offenders’ register.

The actor’s lawyer confirmed an appeal against the conviction is forthcoming.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Society; TV/Movies
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1 posted on 05/13/2025 5:03:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

isnt this why he became a citizen of Russia should he be charged in France?


2 posted on 05/13/2025 5:08:43 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Red Badger
He is the highest-profile figure to face accusations in French cinema’s response to the #MeToo movement.

In America, a lot of young men have stopped approaching women entirely. More than that, they have given up on dating and have no intention of having a partner. Many single men have discovered that a life of peace and tranquility can be had easily, if the drama of relationships is removed.

Of course, for the US, this will result in a dramatic demographic shift as Gen Z fails to reproduce very much. France may go through a similar evolution in the dating scene -- but they have plenty of Muslim, so future reproduction probably won't be a problem. The next generation just won't be French.

3 posted on 05/13/2025 5:11:45 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (People who receive less results for effort will naturally put in less effort when the game is rigged)
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To: Red Badger

So what was the actual allegation?

That he groped them?

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F33891?lang=en

The all encompassing definition of what constitutes sexual assault in France.

Good gad.


4 posted on 05/13/2025 5:12:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

No, it was to avoid a punative tax hike on “the rich.”

He and about 2,000 others moved out of France or relinquished their citizenship.

He left in 2012, before these allegations surfaced.


5 posted on 05/13/2025 5:15:21 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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6 posted on 05/13/2025 5:17:37 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: TheWriterTX

oh interesting…well Steven Seagal also a Russian citizenship holder and has similar accusations against him.


7 posted on 05/13/2025 5:24:47 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: ClearCase_guy

Women think they’re competing against other women, not realizing they’re competing against a man’s peace and quiet. They’re losing badly.


8 posted on 05/13/2025 5:32:43 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

He’s too old for it to work.


9 posted on 05/13/2025 5:48:56 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Red Badger

Probably didn’t help that he gave an interview back in 1978 where he said he committed “plenty of rapes” when he was a teen.


10 posted on 05/13/2025 6:51:10 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: GrootheWanderer

Not good indeed. I enjoyed his work in the few films I saw him in. It seems almost all the movies I’ve watched in my life were made by very flawed people. I don’t watch movies anymore. FR cured me of that addiction.


11 posted on 05/13/2025 7:03:24 AM PDT by xp38
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He was given a suspended jail term of 18 months at the conclusion of a trial in Paris

The judge must've had serious doubts as to what really happened.

12 posted on 05/13/2025 7:59:46 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: xp38

Does that mean I should not be allowed on FR, because I am an extremely flawed person also?


13 posted on 05/13/2025 9:03:07 AM PDT by heylady
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We are all flawed to varying degrees so no. Besides I have no control over who here is allowed. That’s up to the wonderful mods. :)


14 posted on 05/13/2025 9:13:27 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Red Badger

“Depardieu denied the allegations, saying only that he might have touched the women accidentally or to keep his balance.”

Sureeeee....


15 posted on 05/13/2025 9:20:46 AM PDT by wyokostur
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To: mewzilla

Its that way in the US too.


16 posted on 05/13/2025 9:23:13 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: wyokostur

He’s only 76 now, so would have been 72 in 2021, a spring chicken.


17 posted on 05/13/2025 10:01:04 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Red Badger

Can he wear Depends in prison?


18 posted on 05/13/2025 10:54:20 AM PDT by donozark (Al Capone was a Democrat.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m 1000% tired of this shit


19 posted on 05/13/2025 12:02:40 PM PDT by wardaddy (The Blob must be bled dry)
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To: Red Badger

I’m 1000% tired of this shit


20 posted on 05/13/2025 12:02:43 PM PDT by wardaddy (The Blob must be bled dry)
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