French actor Gerard Depardio was convicted, and he was sentenced to sexual assault on two women in the movie group

Paris The French cinema icon was condemned on Tuesday with sexual assault on two women in a movie that was shown in Paris in 2021 and delivered a suspended penalty for 18 months. The 76 -year -old actor denied the charges that he was touched by a specific decorative force and an auxiliary producer on the “Les Volets Verts” (“Green Shields”).

Depaardieu was not in court because of the ruling or the ruling on Tuesday, as he is currently photographing Portugal. His lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.

DePardieu was accused by a group of fashion, 34, and the product assistant, 54, who said that the actor caught and caught while filming in Paris in August and September 2021.

“I moved deeply, I am very happy with this decision.” “It is a victory for me, a step forward. Justice has been presented, I feel.”

Take the situation in March for the first time, Depardieu told the court that it is not like the man who described the two women.

“I don’t see why I will run a woman, her buttocks, and her breasts,” he said. “I am not a person who rubs himself against people on the metro.”

The two women did not immediately report the alleged crimes, but after the deployment of DePardieu published an open letter in the Le Figaro newspaper in October 2023, in which he said: “I have never misunderstood, I did not misuse a woman’s use,” the specified designer went to the police. Depardieu has reported alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexual insults.

The trial opened in October, but it was It was postponed due to the health of DePardieu. His lawyer told March that Depardio had diabetes and underwent a quadruple heart surgery.

Medical experts later considered it a decent to attend the experiment, but he restricted listening sessions to six hours a day, with a temporary provision for 15 minutes if you need Depardieu to it.

“Gerard Depardio is a very free person, and it can be very direct,” said his lawyer, Jeremy Ajour, who rejected the accusations as “lies”.

Dozens of demonstrators, most of whom are women, gathered out of the court in March, which owes what they called the sexual sex and impunity for the perpetrators in French cinema and French society. They said that they are happy that the actor was finally in the court to respond to the allegations, and waved banners with messages, including: “The victims, we believe in you; the rapists, we see you.” “Touch one, you answer everyone.”

A giant in French cinema, DePardieu has been more famous than famous in recent years. He was accused of sexual misconduct by more than ten women in the film industry. Several claims appeared after years of alleged accidents, therefore, under French law, the actor cannot be tried for them.

In a high -level step, the actor left his original homeland for a few years ago about a decade ago, and moved to Belgium, after criticizing the French tax increases.

Depaardieu was open about his admiration for Russia during the era of tyranny Vladimir Putin, who granted Russian citizenship in 2013.

He also later became a citizen in Dubai.