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French actor Gerard Depardieu’s trial for alleged sex assaults on two women begins

Actor Gerard Depardieu (left) arrives at the court with his lawyer Jeremie Assous for his trial in Paris. Photo: AP

Actor Gerard Depardieu (left) arrives at the court with his lawyer Jeremie Assous for his trial in Paris. Photo: AP

Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester

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French actor Gerard Depardieu has gone on trial in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France.

Depardieu (76) is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts.

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