{"id":119510,"date":"2024-10-29T01:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119510"},"modified":"2024-10-29T01:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:32:46","slug":"gerard-depardieu-sexual-assault-trial-postponed-until-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119510","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9rard Depardieu sexual assault trial postponed until March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">G\u00e9rard Depardieu&#8217;s trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in Paris has said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Depardieu, 75, was absent when the trial opened earlier on Monday, with his lawyer asking for a delay to proceedings, citing his client&#8217;s health issues.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Depardieu is accused of attacking two women while shooting the 2021 film Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters), in the highest profile #MeToo case to hit France.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Prosecutors say he made explicit sexual remarks to, and then aggressively &#8220;groped&#8221;, two members of the production team. If convicted, he could face five years in jail.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He denies the charges, saying that he has never &#8220;abused a woman&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Proceedings opened at a criminal court in the French capital at about 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT). Depardieu&#8217;s lawyer, Jeremie Assous, told French media that the actor had been &#8220;deeply affected&#8221; by illness and was advised by his doctors not to attend the trial. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Assous added that his client had asked for the delay as he &#8220;wishes to come, wants to express himself&#8221; before the court, but proceedings continued in his absence. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The court&#8217;s president then decided to postpone the trial to 24-25 March, ordering a medical assessment of the actor.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The trial is seen as a major moment for France&#8217;s #MeToo movement, with Depardieu being the highest profile figure in French cinema to face accusations of sexual assault. The women &#8211; who have not been named &#8211; say Depardieu made sexual comments to them. They say he also &#8220;violently grabbed&#8221; and &#8220;groped&#8221; them. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Depardieu&#8217;s lawyer has accused the women of &#8220;false accusations&#8221;. He also claimed that one of the women was attempting to &#8220;make money&#8221; by claiming \u20ac30,000 ($32,500; \u00a325,000) in compensation, Le Monde reported. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since the allegations surfaced, Depardieu has become a virtual pariah. He has not appeared in a film since 2022, and he faces a second trial next year on charges of raping the actress Charlotte Arnould twice at his home in Paris. He denies the allegations. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Depardieu has also been accused of sexual assault by more than a dozen other women. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Despite the mounting allegations, the star has received strong messages of support from some members of France&#8217;s artistic community. A group of more than 50 actors, directors and producers said accusations against Depardieu were &#8220;an attack on art itself&#8221; in a letter published last year.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Signed by actors Charlotte Rampling, Carole Bouquet, Pierre Richard, and the singers Carla Bruni and Jacques Dutronc, the letter said they could not &#8220;remain silent in the face of the lynching that has fallen upon [Depardieu]&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">French President Emmanuel Macron also attracted anger, after describing the actor as &#8220;the pride of France&#8221; last year. Macron added that Depardieu was being subjected to a &#8220;manhunt&#8221;. Campaigners said the comments undermined efforts to protect women from violence. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Actress L\u00e9a Seydoux called Macron&#8217;s comments &#8220;crazy&#8221;, adding that it &#8220;gives a very bad image for France&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Despite Macron&#8217;s show of support, his then culture minister Rima Abdul-Malak said she would look into withdrawing Depardieu&#8217;s Legion d&#8217;Honneur after footage emerged of him making sexual comments around women in a 2018 documentary filmed in North Korea. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yxgprxg85o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u00e9rard Depardieu&#8217;s trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in Paris has said. 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