Gérard Depardieu

French actor Gérard Depardieu faces probe over rape claim

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The 72-year-old actor is said to have been placed under formal investigation indicted on December 16th 2020 for rape and sexual assault, which he allegedly committed in the summer of 2018.
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Actor Gérard Depardieu’s rape investigation is dropped

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Investigation concerning Depardieu, 70, began after a young actress accused him of sexually assaulting her at his Paris home, claims he denied.
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French actor Gérard Depardieu accused of rape

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His lawyer says the 69-year-old actor denies 'absolutely' the allegations made against the 69-year-old by a 22-year-old French actress.
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Open letter linking Islam to anti-Semitism sparks backlash in France

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Signed by prominent figures, it drew a link between anti-Semitism and Islam, blaming Islamist radicalisation for a 'quiet ethnic purge' of Jews.
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Gérard Depardieu to 'sell everything' in France

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The actor and tax exile pledges to get rid of all his properties in France, including a château, several restaurants and a fishmongers.
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Cut! France to clamp down on salaries paid to big-name actors

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The Centre National du Cinéma, which funds state films, wants to make movie subsidies dependent on keeping stars' wage bill down.
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The French have 'lost their happiness’ says Gérard Depardieu

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Actor who quit France for Russia after a tax row with authorities says his native country is simply 'not interesting anymore'.
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Strauss-Kahn to sue over film about sex attack scandal

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The disgraced former IMF chief launches legal action for defamation over film inspired by his 2011 arrest in New York on rape charges.
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DSK-inspired Depardieu movie gets Cannes premiere

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Movie inspired by scandal that brought down IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn got its world premiere in Cannes to mixed reviews.
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Gerard Depardieu back in France after becoming Russian citizen

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The French actor was given a standing ovation for his performance in the American play Love Letters at the Theatre Antoine in Paris.
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France's Depardieu to tread boards again

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The actor will appear in a production of 'Love Letters' by A. R. Gurney at the Antoine Theatre in Paris, his first stage appearance in a decade.
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Depardieu says 'misunderstood' over leaving France

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The French actor insists that he never 'left' his country, and says that despite reports he quit it over tax row 'I love France as much as ever'.
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Paris court sentences Gérard Depardieu for drunk driving

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The fiery French actor, who recently adopted Russian citizenship amid a spat with the government on taxes, was fined and his licence suspended.
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Depardieu to open restaurant in Russia

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The French actor plans to open the restaurant in the provincial town of Saransk in an effort to integrate more quickly into his newly-adopted country.
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Gérard Depardieu denies leaving France over tax

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The actor, who now has a Russian passport, says if he simply wanted to avoid tax rises he would have gone earlier and insists he remains French.
by La rédaction de Mediapart