(26 Mar 2025)
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Paris- 26 March 2025
1. Wide tracking shot of Gérard Depardieu exiting room for a break
2. Wide tracking shot of Gérard Depardieu returning to the court room.
UPSOUND (French)Reporter off camera: "Are you going to speak Mr. Depardieu?"
UPSOUND (French) Gérard Depardieu, actor: "Perhaps. Maybe."
STORYLINE:
Gérard Depardieu took a short break during the proceedings on the third day of his trial on Wednesday.
Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France.
Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during filming in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”).
The actor faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($81,000) if convicted.
Depardieu denies any wrongdoing.
On Tuesday, the actor acknowledged that he aggressively subjected a woman who accuses him of sexual assault to vulgar and heated language and that he grabbed her hips but denied that his behavior was sexual as he testified for the first time.
The woman told the court that the Oscar-nominated actor behaved “like a madman” who took “pleasure in frightening me.”
The chief judge said the trial will be extended two days to end Thursday.
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