A decorator filed a complaint on Friday, February 23, for an alleged sexual assault on a set in 2021, targeting Gérard Depardieu, already indicted for accusations of sexual violence, lawyer Carine Durrieu-Diebolt told AFP on Sunday. .
The latter, who already defends the actress Charlotte Arnould, alleged victim of a rape which led to the indictment of Gérard Depardieu in December 2020, confirmed the information from
Mediapart
according to which she had transmitted to the Paris prosecutor's office on Friday by registered mail, Saturday by email, this new complaint for acts of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexist outrages.
When requested, the Paris public prosecutor's office was unable to confirm the filing of the complaint and Gérard Depardieu's counsel did not immediately comment on all of the facts reported by the investigation site.
The actor would have “kneaded her waist, going up to her breasts”
According to Me Durrieu-Diebolt, the facts date back to 2021 and are not time-barred.
They would have performed in Paris during the filming of the film
Les shutters vertes
, directed by Jean Becker.
The woman denouncing these facts, named Amélie and aged 53, was a production designer on the set.
According to his story to
Mediapart
, the actor of
Cyrano de Bergerac
would have made numerous gravelly remarks during filming in Paris, on September 10, 2021, then later would have
“grabbed her with brutality”
and would have
“kneaded her waist, stomach, going up to her breasts
.
The reported attack was reportedly interrupted by the actor's bodyguards.
According to
Mediapart
, another woman, Sarah, aged 33 and third assistant director on the same shoot, accuses the actor of having touched her twice
“chest and buttocks”
on August 31, 2021, still in Paris .
The investigative site also claims that the actress Anouk Grinberg, who had denounced Gérard Depardieu's behavior with women in the press, filed a defamation complaint against Me Béatrice Achille Geissmann, Gérard Depardieu's lawyer with Me Christian Saint-Palais, for remarks in December on France 5. Ms. Grinberg could not be reached by AFP.
A complaint filed in Spain in mid-December
In addition to his indictment for alleged facts dating back to August 2018, Gérard Depardieu is the subject of a preliminary investigation in Paris, revealed by the
Courrier de l'Ouest
, for sexual assaults in 2014 denounced by an assistant on a film set then aged 24.
Another complaint for sexual assault filed by actress Hélène Darras for facts dating back to 2007, was filed at the end of December for prescription.
Furthermore, in Spain, a journalist and writer, Ruth Baza, filed a complaint in mid-December with the Spanish police for a rape which allegedly took place in October 1995 in Paris.