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Prosecutor calls for 18-month suspended sentence for Gerard Depardieu in sexual assault case

Gerard Depardieu - (AFP via Getty Images)

Paris’ public prosecutor on Thursday requested that French actor Gérard Depardieu be found guilty and given a 18-month suspended prison sentence on the last day of the four-day trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted two women who were working on a film with him.

The actor, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during filming in 2021 of the movie “Les Volets Verts” or (“The Green Shutters”). He denied the accusations.

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