(25 Mar 2025)
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++CLIENTS NOTE: SHORT PARTS OF INTERVIEW ARE MUTED AS HE MENTIONS THE NAMES OF THE PLAINTIFF++
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Paris – 25 March 2025
1. French Actor Gerard Depardieu exiting courtroom for break
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Jeremie Assous, Gerard Depardieu’s lawyer:
“What is very interesting is that we were finally able to hear Gerard Depardieu’s version, which corresponds to what all the witnesses described. And we were also able to hear (NOTE: MUTED AS HE MENTIONS PLAINTIFF’S NAME) the first plaintiff. And we realized, everyone realized that she delivered a new version to make up for the shortcomings in the file. And I note that she herself laments that a certain number of the witnesses that were cited are not present today. In these circumstances, we can only reiterate the requests for the documents that we requested yesterday and that the court said it would order it pending on the on-going proceedings. So, we find out (NOTE: MUTED AS HE MENTIONS PLAINTIFF’S NAME) (plaintiff) has a new version and that she (the plaintiff) is trying to make up for the deficiencies in the file, since no one can confirm these accusations. On the contrary, all the witnesses she has cited in the file question her version. And we see that her version is totally incompatible with reality. She has once again changed the place where the attack took place, and by changing the place where the attack took place, it invokes five more witnesses because there were five more people in that other room. These witnesses have already said that they did not witness any assault and that if there had been an assault, they would have seen it and reported it. So, we can see once again that all these accusations are lies.”
3. Gerard Depardieu’s lawyer Jeremie Assous walking away from cameras
4. Mid of Paris tribunal corridors
STORYLINE:
French Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time on Day 2 of his landmark trial in Paris.
His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, maintained that Depardieu’s testimony "corresponds to what all the witnesses described", and that the first plaintiff changed her version of events "to make up for the shortcomings in the file."
Addressing the media outside the courtroom, Assous said, "these witnesses have already said that they did not witness any assault and that if there had been an assault, they would have seen it and reported it."
"So, we can see once again that all these accusations are lies," he concluded.
Day 2 of the Paris trial centered on the Oscar-nominated actor’s behavior during the filming in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”), where two co-workers allege that he groped them on the set.
The 76-year-old has denied assaulting the women. But during more than an hour of testimony Tuesday in a packed Paris court, Depardieu acknowledged that he had used vulgar and sexualized language with one of the plaintiffs, a 54-year-old set dresser, and grabbed her hips during an on-set argument about the artistic merits of a painting.
She told the court that he’d behaved “like a madman” who took “pleasure in frightening” her.
The actor faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($81,000) if convicted. The verdict isn’t expected immediately after the trial.
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