French Actor Gérard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault by Paris Court
French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the 2021 filming of Les Volets Verts (“The Green Shutters”), marking a major development in France’s reckoning with sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. On May 13, 2025, a Paris court handed down an 18-month suspended prison sentence, ordered financial compensation to …