Gerard Depardieu to Stand Criminal Trial Over Rape and Sexual Assault Charges

Gerard Depardieu to Stand Criminal Trial Over Rape and Sexual Assault Charges

Gerard Depardieu, who has triggered a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement in France, will stand in a criminal trial where he will be prosecuted on rape by digital penetration and sexual assault allegations filed by French actor Charlotte Arnould. Arnould filed those charges in 2018, when she 22, and alleged that she had been raped twice by Depardieu at his home in Paris on Aug. 7 and 13. Depardieu was indicted on those charges since Dec. 16, 2020, and attempted to have the charges dropped in 2022, calling the accusations baseless, but the Paris prosecutor said there were "serious and confirmed evidence that justifies Gérard Depardieu to remain charged," according to news outlet France 24. More from Variety How France's #MeToo Movement Is Transforming Cannes and the Country's Film Industry: 'The Conditions Under Which Work Is Produced Matter' France's New CNC President Gaetan Bruel Speaks Out on Trump's Proposed Tariff on Foreign-Made Movies and French Industry's MeToo Reckoning Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty on Sexual Assault Charges, Given 18-Month Suspended Prison Sentence Earlier this year, Depardieu was convicted of sexual assault against two women and received an 18-month prison sentence from a Paris court, following a four-day-trial during which Depardieu refuted all accusations. The verdict stemmed from sexual assault charges filed by two women, a set decorator and an assistant director, who worked on the shoot of "The Green Shutters" in 2021. Prosecutors also requested the court to fine the actor and obligate him to undergo psychological treatment, as well as have him registered in the sex offenders file. The set decorator and the assistant director were part of the 13 women of sexually inappropriate behavior in a report published by French investigative news website Médiapart in April 2023. While he's now reluctantly retired from acting in the wake of these accusations, Depardieu was offered a role by Fanny Ardant, the well-known French actress-turned-filmmaker who took a stand for him during the trial — and shot the film in Portugal in the Spring. Best of Variety Samsung, Sonos, Criterion Collection Among Top Brands on Sale for Labor Day - See Running List Here What's Coming to Disney+ in September 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.

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Gerard Depardieu to Stand Criminal Trial Over Rape and Sexual Assault Charges

Gerard Depardieu to Stand Criminal Trial Over Rape and Sexual Assault Charges Gerard Depardieu, who has triggered a watershed moment for the...

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Kim Novak, 92, says 'it's close to the end' as Hollywood legend reflects on leaving industry at career peak

Kim Novak, 92, says 'it's close to the end' as Hollywood legend reflects on leaving industry at career peak

Kim Novakreflected on aging and her decision to turn her back on Hollywood in an attempt to reclaim her story. "It's not easy getting old," Novak, 92, said in the upcoming documentary "Kim Novak's Vertigo," according toPeople magazine."I'm feeling it's close to the end." "I've been feeling the need to free something…." the beginning of the film began. Novak famously chose to leave Hollywood at what many considered would have been the peak of her career. "When I left, I was at the top of my game," she said in the documentary about her exit from the industry in 1966. Kim Novak Explains Why She Left Hollywood: 'I Felt Like I Was Losing Myself' "Hollywood swallowed people whole," Novak said, referencingMarilyn Monroe's death.The actress died at 36 and her death was ruled a possible suicide by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. "I didn't want that to happen to me," Novak noted. Read On The Fox News App The "Picnic" star turned her back on Hollywood after her Bel Air home was destroyed in a mudslide. She chose a cliff dwelling in Big Sur to become her place to start over, where she focused on other artistic skills. "My survival mode was to paint," Novak said. Like What You're Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News Novak opened up about how she felt waking up on her first morning after leaving Hollywood in a 2021 interview with Fox News Digital. "Liberated. Totally liberated," she recalled. "I thought, 'Wow, I'm going to live my dream and not for someone else.' It was wonderful. My cat was purring, the birds were singing, the waves were crashing – we were all just content." "The first thing I did when I woke up was to get all my art equipment, set up my easel and look out the window," Novak added. "I thought to myself, 'This is paradise.' Hollywood offers money and prestige, but nothing ever compares to that feeling I felt that morning." Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter Years later, Novak's true story will be told in "Kim Novak's Vertigo." "This is not a Hollywood-y documentary of famous names, this is about Kim, the person," Novak's manager, Sue Cameron, said. "She turned down a million dollars to write her autobiography 25 years ago. Because they wanted all the Hollywood dirt, and she says, 'No, that's not who I am, I won't do it.'" "She's the last living golden goddess of film," Cameron said. "And what's more important is in this documentary, we show her as the true fighter she was for women, even way back in the '50s, when they tried to force her to wear certain makeup, and she would go wipe it off. She was the very first woman to have her own production company." Original article source:Kim Novak, 92, says 'it's close to the end' as Hollywood legend reflects on leaving industry at career peak

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Kim Novak, 92, says 'it's close to the end' as Hollywood legend reflects on leaving industry at career peak

Kim Novak, 92, says 'it's close to the end' as Hollywood legend reflects on leaving industry at career peak Kim Novakreflected o...

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Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) —Burkina Faso'sparliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison, the state broadcaster reported late Monday. The amended family code was approved by the parliament on Monday in an unanimous vote that puts the code into effect more than a year after it was approved by the military government of Capt. Ibrahim Traore. Burkina Faso joins thelist of more than half of Africa's 54 countriesthat have laws banning homosexuality with the penalties ranging from several years in prison to the death penalty. The laws, though criticized abroad, enjoy popularity in the countries where locals and officials have criticized homosexuality as behavior imported from abroad and not a sexual orientation. The new law goes into effect immediately with individuals in same-sex relationships risking prison sentences as well as fines, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said during a briefing broadcast by the state TV. He described homosexual acts as "bizarre behavior." Officials touted the new law as a recognition of "marriage and family values" in Burkina Faso. "You will go before the judge," the justice minister said, addressing offenders. Burkina Faso has been run by the military following a coup in 2022 that the soldiers said was to stabilize the country amid a worsening security crisis and provide better governance. Rights group, however, accuse the junta ofclamping down on human rightswith the rampant arrest and military conscription of critics. Since coming to power in September 2022 after Burkina Faso's second coup that year, the junta leader Traore has also positioned himself as a pan-African leader with rhetoric of independence from the West — a message that often resonates with Africa's young population.

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Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) —Burkina Faso'sparliament has p...

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Putin says Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining the EU

Putin says Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining the EU

By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow had never opposed Ukraine's potential membership of the European Union, and that he thought it was possible to find a consensus on ensuring the security of both Russia and Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump said after his summit with Putin in Alaska last month that he thinks Putin is "tired" of the war in Ukraine but that it remains to be seen if peace can be secured to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two. Ukraine and the leaders of Western European powers have said they do not believe Putin is serious about peace in Ukraine, and have warned that if Russia wins the Ukraine war then Putin could attack Europe and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. In some of his most dovish remarks since the Alaska summit, Putin, speaking in China, pushed back against those claims, which he cast as "horror stories" and "hysteria" pumped up by incompetent people seeking to cast Russia as an enemy. Putin said Russia had been forced to act in Ukraine by what he cast as the West's attempt with the help of NATO to try to absorb the entire post-Soviet space. "As for Ukraine's membership of the EU, we have never objected to this," Putin told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at talks in China. "As for NATO, this is another issue... Our position here is well known: we consider this unacceptable for ourselves." A potential security guarantee for Ukraine - backed by the United States and Western European powers - is one of the toughest parts of any future peace settlement, according to diplomats and officials involved in discussions. Ukraine says that it is not for Russia to decide what Kyiv can or cannot join, while NATO says that Russia can have no veto over membership of the alliance which was formed in 1949 to counter the threat from the Soviet Union. Putin said that he had discussed Ukraine's security at his August 15 summit with Trump. "There are options for ensuring Ukraine's security in the event of an end to the conflict," Putin said. "And it seems to me that there is an opportunity to find consensus here." Russia, Putin said, was ready to cooperate with the United States at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest nuclear plant. Russia took control of it in March 2022, shortly after its invasion of Ukraine. "We can cooperate with American partners at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant," Putin said, adding that the issue had been discussed indirectly with Washington and that he was even prepared to work with Ukraine at the plant. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge/Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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Putin says Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining the EU

Putin says Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining the EU By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tu...

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'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser reveals 'older ladies' have gotten handsy with the actor after rise to fame

'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser reveals 'older ladies' have gotten handsy with the actor after rise to fame

Cole Hauserhas experienced some odd fan encounters after gaining fame as Rip Wheeler on "Yellowstone." "I've had some old women grab my a--," Hauser, 50, toldPage Six. "It's been a little bit … a little bit strange," he explained. "But for the most part of it, everyone's been very respectful. But I think when the older ladies get a few drinks in them, they get a little aggressive." While "Yellowstone" shot Hauser into mainstream success, the actor first appeared in movies such as "Good Will Hunting" and "Dazed and Confused." 'Yellowstone' Spin-off Rumors Swirl: Wild Theories, Dream Casting And What's Really True Hauser will be returning to the"Yellowstone" universeafter the original series ended with season five. Read On The Fox News App Fox News Digital confirmed that Hauser andKelly Reillywill be reprising their roles as Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton in the "Yellowstone" spin-off that has a working title of "The Dutton Ranch." The new series' storyline will pick up from where the "Yellowstone" series finale left off. Like What You're Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News A description of the show reads, "Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler are grateful for the peace they sought, fought, and nearly died for with their 7,000-acre Dutton Ranch. With tough times and stiff competition, Beth and Rip do what they must to survive, all while ensuring Carter becomes the man he's supposed to be." Academy Award nominee, Annette Bening, will be joining the cast as Beulah Jackson, "the powerful, cunning and charming head of a major ranch in Texas." "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan will serve as producer on the show, alongside Reilly and Hauser. Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter The fifth season of "Yellowstone" saw the death of the show's main character, John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner. Hauser previously gave fans a hint at the "Yellowstone" spin-off while finishing up filming for the original show. "I'm so focused on finishing 'Yellowstone' the way it needs to be finished right now – well, just the show itself," Hauser toldCountry Living. "We'll see where that leads." "But I know that there's some stuff on the horizon when it comes to Taylor's ideas for Kelly Reilly and myself, and some of the other cast," he added. "I'm excited to see where he goes creatively with that. But right now, it's just: Let's finish strong; let's do the best we can." Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report. Original article source:'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser reveals 'older ladies' have gotten handsy with the actor after rise to fame

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'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser reveals 'older ladies' have gotten handsy with the actor after rise to fame

'Yellowstone' star Cole Hauser reveals 'older ladies' have gotten handsy with the actor after rise to fame Cole Hauserhas ex...

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