Gérard Depardieu faces another sexual assault complaint amid call on French cinema to ‘face the truth’
LA TimesGérard Depardieu, shown during a photo call for the film “Valley of Love” at Cannes in 2015, faces another allegation of sexual assault. French actor Gérard Depardieu faces another complaint of sexual assault, this time from a movie decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021. The latest accusations came after French actor Judith Godrèche called on France’s film industry to “face the truth” on sexual violence and physical abuse during a live broadcast Friday of the Cesar Awards ceremony, France’s highest film honor. “He makes France proud,” President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with TV channel France 5 that was broadcast Dec. 20, days after a documentary aired on French television in which 16 women accused Depardieu of harassing, groping or sexually assaulting them.