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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Isobel Lewis

French actor Emmanuelle Debever who accused Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault ‘dies by suicide’ aged 60

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An actor who claimed Gérard Depardieu slid his hand up her skirt during filming has reportedly died by suicide on the same day a documentary on sexual assault allegations against the French megastar was broadcast.

Emmanuelle Debever, a promising young talent in French cinema in the 1980s who later pulled back from the limelight, acted with Depardieu, 74, in the 1983 film Danton.

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