French acting star Gérard Depardieu was taken into police custody in Paris on Monday morning for questioning over two separate sexual assault accusations, according to French media reports.
Multiple French outlets said the actor had been detained for questioning on accusations by two women related to events on the sets of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s Le Magicien et les Siamois in 2014, and Jean Becker’s The Green Shutters (Volets Verts) in 2021.
Depardieu already faces an official complaint of two acts of rape dating back to 2018 by actress Charlotte Arnould, which is currently making its way through the courts. He has denied the accusations.
In April 2023, 13 women accused the actor of sexually inappropriate behavior in an in-depth report published by French investigative news website Médiapart.
Depardieu has come under further public scrutiny in France in recent months following the broadcast of a bombshell edition of investigative show Complément d’Enquête at the end of 2023, which probed these historic accusations as well as other acts of inappropriate behavior by the actor.
Deadline has contacted Depardieu’s lawyer Beatrice Geissmann Achille for comment on the accusations against Depardieu and his detention and has yet to hear back.
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