“Actor Gérard Depardieu Accused of Inappropriate Sexual Acts and Remarks on Film Sets by 13 Women”

Gérard Depardieu’s file is a little heavier. Thirteen women accuse the actor, in an article published by Mediapart (subscribers only) Tuesday April 11, of inappropriate sexual acts and remarks committed on film sets between 2004 and 2022. Actresses, make-up artists or even technicians, they describe attempts at sexual touching and obscene words, often committed in front of witnesses, sometimes between two scenes. With a recurring response from the film crews, anxious to minimize the facts to avoid any scandal: “Oh it’s okay, it’s Gerard!”

The 74-year-old actor is notably accused by an extra from the film Big House (2015), who wished to remain anonymous. During a scene where he played a boss of a brothel, “he tried to pull my panties off and finger me”, she says. On another movie, Turf (2013), director Fabien Onteniente says he was alerted to “hands on the buttocks” on an actress and be “went to yell at Depardieu”which happened “clean stop”, “very sheepish, like a child who has done something stupid”.

Already indicted since 2020 for “rape” and “sexual assault” following a complaint by actress Charlotte Arnould, Gérard Depardieu “formally denies all the charges likely to fall under criminal law”, reacted his lawyers, requested by Mediapart. The defense of the actor evokes “an indictment” about the questions addressed by the online media as part of this survey.