60 h. ago Woman tells court Gérard Depardieu groped her buttocks and breasts on set

Film assistant says actor groped her several times in three incidents while filming Les Volets VertsA woman accusing Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that the actor groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set. Depardieu, 76, is accused of groping a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters). He denies any sexual assault. The third day of the Paris trial focused on the testimony of the younger plaintiff, who said Depardieu had first groped her bottom when she was alone with him for a brief moment between the backstage area and the film set. “Out of the blue, he put his hand on my butt,” she told the court on Wednesday, adding she was in shock, “petrified” and said nothing. In a second incident, she alleged, Depardieu had suddenly put both his hands on her breasts. “I said no; I was scared,” she said. She also said she had told D...

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61 h. ago Accuser tells a trial that actor Gérard Depardieu groped her bottom and breasts on film set

A woman accusing French actor Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that he groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set

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68 h. ago Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right | Justine McCarthy

The fighter won’t be Irish president any time soon, but the Trumpocracy seems to think it can shift the country’s politics by endorsing himMiddle Ireland feels grievously insulted by the US president. On St Patrick’s Day, when the globe traditionally turns green, Donald Trump’s official guest at the White House was not the taoiseach bearing a bowl of shamrock, but an unelected stooge recently found by a civil court jury liable for the rape of a woman in a Dublin hotel. Fear and loathing of the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, who is facing civil trial in the US for alleged sexual assault of another woman in Florida, is one of middle Ireland’s most unifying forces.“We couldn’t think of a better guest to have with us on St Patrick’s Day,” gushed Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt on 17 March, rubbing salt in the wound. McGregor was given access to the Pentagon, met the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and the national security...

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3 d. ago Football fans in UK and Ireland react with fury as Joey Barton posts IRA slogan after the former Premier League star was found guilty of assaulting his wife

The former Manchester City midfielder, 42, said he was 'disappointed' after being found guilty of assault following a two-day trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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3 d. ago 'Disappointed' Joey Barton quotes IRA's 'our day will come' slogan as he says he will APPEAL conviction after being found guilty of kicking his wife in the head

The former Man City midfielder, 42, said he was 'disappointed' after being found guilty of assault following a two-day trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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3 d. ago Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

Actor denies assault and says any crude comments he made on film set were due to his bad moodThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack.“I grabbed her hips,” the actor, 76, told his trial for sexual assault at the Paris criminal court on Tuesday. The head judge noted that this was a change from his testimony during police interrogation when he had denied that any physical contact had taken place with the 54-year-old set decorator. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago French actor Gerard Depardieu admits ‘grabbing woman’s hips’ but denies sexual assault at trial

If found guilty, the star of films like Jean de Florette and Cyrano de Bergerac could face up to five years in jail

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3 d. ago 'I'm not somebody who rubs himself against others on the metro': Gerard Depardieu tells sex assault trial he does not go around 'groping' women

Gerard Depardieu, 76, appeared in court in Paris today, denying the accusations that he assaulted two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts in 2021.

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3 d. ago Depardieu expected to testify on Day 2 of French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault

Gerard Depardieu is expected to start testifying on the second day of the French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault

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4 d. ago Gérard Depardieu appears in Paris court for trial on sexual assault charges

Actor is expected to testify on Tuesday over allegations by two women who worked with him on 2021 filmThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has appeared in court in France on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.Depardieu, 76, dressed in a black suit and trainers with his grey hair swept back, arrived at the Paris criminal court amid a large police presence. Dozens of protesters had gathered outside the courthouse and shouted: “Victims, we believe you; rapists, we see you.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago French actor Gerard Depardieu in court as sexual assault trial begins

Depardieu denies any wrongdoing. He has said he is prepared to answer the court's questions

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4 d. ago Gérard Depardieu appears in Paris court over sexual assault allegations

French film star, Gérard Depardieu, is being tried on two alleged sexual assaults, which date back to the filming of Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters in France in 2021

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4 d. ago Gerard Depardieu arrives in court as he denies sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot

The 76-year-old, who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, has been accused of improper behaviour by around 20 women, but this is the first case to reach trial.

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4 d. ago Gerard Depardieu arrives at court in Paris for sexual assault trial

French actor is most high-profile person to stand trial on #MeToo abuse allegations in France

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4 d. ago Gérard Depardieu arrives at Paris court for trial over sexual assault allegations

Actor, 76, is accused of groping two women on set during the filming of The Green Shutters in 2021Gérard Depardieu arrived at a Paris court on Monday for his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, a case that places one of France’s best-known film stars at the heart of the country’s broader reckoning over sexual violence.Depardieu, 76, has faced allegations of rape or sexual assault from more than a dozen women, all of which he has denied, but this is the first time he has appeared in court to answer accusations. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gerard Depardieu trial sees France grapple with response to sexual violence

The case, beginning Monday, is the most prominent in the post-#MeToo era in France

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4 d. ago Gerard Depardieu's trial on sexual assault charges is starting in France

French actor Gérard Depardieu will face charges in a Paris court of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of a movie in 2021

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5 d. ago Gérard Depardieu to appear in Paris court over sexual assault allegations

Actor, 76, denies claims made by assistant director and set designer who worked with him on Les Volets VertsGérard Depardieu will become the most high-profile French person to stand trial on #MeToo abuse allegations when he appears in a Paris court on Monday.The actor, a titan of French cinema with more than 200 films and television series to his name, is accused of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post

When French actor Gérard Depardieu walks into a Paris courtroom on Monday, he won’t just be facing two women who accuse him of sexual assault — he’ll also be confronting a nation long criticized for dragging its feet in confronting sexual violence, particularly when committed by the powerful

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4 w. ago BBC Bargain Hunt's Charles Hanson 'unanimously cleared' in assault trial against wife

Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip star Charles Hanson has been cleared of allegations of domestic abuse against his wife, Rebecca Hanson, after standing trial.

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