PARIS (AP) — Paris’ public prosecutor on Thursday requested that French actor Gérard Depardieu be found guilty and given a 18-month suspended prison sentence on the last day of a trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted two women who were working on a film with him.
The actor, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of the movie “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”). He denied the accusations.
“You’re going to declare Gérard Depardieu guilty of these sexual assaults,” the prosecutor told the court. He also requested a fine of 20,000 euros ($21,580).
The prosecutor denounced Depardieu’s “total denial
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