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BIZARRE: Gerard depardieu appears in paris court for trial on sexual assault charges - You Need To See This

Gerard Depardieu walks in the court building, flanked by police officers
Depardieu at the courthouse on Monday. He is the highest-profile figure in French film to face sexual assault allegations since the #MeToo movement. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters

The French actor Gérard Depardieu has appeared in court in France on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.

Depardieu, 76, dressed in a black suit and trainers with his grey hair swept back, arrived at the Paris criminal court amid a large police presence. Dozens of protesters had gathered outside the courthouse and shouted: “Victims, we believe you; rapists, we see you.”

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