He lawyer of Gerard Depardieu He stated this Monday before entering the courtroom. judgment to the actor french by assaults and sexual abuse that will ask to delay the start of the process for six months “for reasons doctors“, which, he said, have prevented his client from attending the hearing.
“The doctors They have banned him from appearing today, but they have indicated that with a treatment adapted, could be presented in six months,” said lawyer Jérémie Assous, at the entrance to the courtroom. court.
Shortly before, he had indicated to FranceInfo radio that his client would not attend the judgment about the complaints of two workers on the set of the film ‘Les Volets Verts’, a decorator and an assistant director, who sued Depardieu for touching and obscene comments.
He denies the accusations
Assous, who did not want to reveal the reasons doctors that prevented actor move to judgmentaccused the civil party of wanting the process “to be done without Gérard Depardie” despite the fact that “he wants testify and categorically denies all of the accusations“.
The lawyer indicated that they have “more than eight testimonials which show that the version of the accusers is inaccurate and false.”
“So far there is only one version of the events and it is difficult to convince when there is no other version. When we have it, it will be seen and the court will decide. But we have serenity and confidence,” said the lawyerwho accused the Prosecutor’s Office of having taken the case to court “in just two months”, without allowing his client fend.
Assous denied that Depardieu is in dubaias it had appeared in social networksbut did not say where it is located.
More than 20 accusations
Furthermore, Depardieu was accused in 2020 of rape and sexual assault by actress Charlotte Arnould. The prosecution requested last August that the actor be prosecuted in that case, although there is still no court decision.
In total, around twenty women have accused the actor in the press of various acts of a sexual nature to varying degrees, from rape to outrageous phrases of a sexist nature.
