Paris, FRANCE (AFP) – French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu is set to withdraw his appeal of a conviction for sexually assaulting two women on a film set, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday, ahead of a hearing next week.
\n\nThe withdrawal comes after a court last year handed the 77-year-old an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered him to register as a sex offender, marking a spectacular fall from grace for an actor who dominated French cinema for half a century.
\n\nAn appeals trial was due to begin on Monday, but the withdrawal effectively makes the original ruling final, including an additional penalty for “secondary victimisation” stemming from his defence team’s treatment of the two women.
\n\nThe trial related to charges of sexual assault during the filming in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”) by director Jean Becker.
\n\nFile/Original caption/French actor Gerard Depardieu gives a speech for The Best Actor Award he wins for the movie “Cyrano de Bergerac” directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau during the closing ceremony at the 43th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France on May 21, 1990. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)
\n\nThe plaintiffs were a set dresser…
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