One of the actors who has called out French star Gérard Depardieu for his behaviour on set says producers knew he was an aggressor, and urged more women film stars to speak out about sexual violence, reports Yahoo! News.
Anouk Grinberg, 60, appeared alongside Depardieu in the 2022 feature "The Green Shutters".
Two members of the film's crew have made complaints of sexual assault against the 75-year-old, arguably France's best-known actor.
On Tuesday, prosecutors said they had opened a formal investigation based on the complaints. Depardieu already faces a rape charge and sexual assault investigation, as well as claims of assault by more than a dozen women -- all of which he has strongly denied.
"When film producers hire Depardieu on a film, they know they are hiring an aggressor. Not a potential aggressor -- an aggressor," said Grinberg.
"We all saw. We all heard... We were treated to his salacious nonsense from morning to night," she told AFP.
Grinberg said the producers of "The Green Shutters" had supposedly appointed someone to deal with harassment issues but that she did nothing.
"She was never introduced to me. She never gave her support to the women who were attacked. She never intervened when we had to hear all about 'Pussy, pussy, cock, getting sucked'," she said, referring to Depardieu's alleged barrage of sexual talk.
News agency AFP has requested comment from Depardieu through his lawyers.
The film's director, Jean Becker, has denied Grinberg's account, saying he would have confronted Depardieu if any such complaints had been made.