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\n\t\t\t\t\tArnould first accused Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
PARIS, France \u2013 Film star Gerard Depardieu, one of the leading faces of French cinema, will face trial on charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, in the latest blow to his reputation after he was convicted of sexual assault earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Arnould first accused Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s. Depardieu, 76, has denied wrongdoing in the case.<\/p>\n
The Paris prosecutor\u2019s office confirmed on Tuesday that an investigating judge had ruled that the case should be sent before a court after Arnould posted about the news on her Instagram account. No court date was given.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m having trouble realising how huge this is. I\u2019m relieved,\u201d Arnould wrote.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for Arnould and Depardieu did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Years after first rising to prominence in 1974 with Going Places and starring in scores of French-language movies, Depardieu has been at the center of a growing number of sexual assault allegations in recent years.<\/p>\n
Arnould, 29, an actress and former ballet dancer known for her work in theatre and voice acting, was present in the courtroom in May when Depardieu was found guilty in a separate case of sexually assaulting two women on a film set and handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence, which his lawyer said at the time he would appeal.<\/p>\n
During that trial, Depardieu\u2019s lawyer called her a liar in the courtroom.<\/p>\n
In her Instagram post on Tuesday, Arnould referred to those comments, calling Depardieu\u2019s defense \u201coutrageous and \u2026 absolutely unnecessary to uncover the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though Arnould\u2019s case was initially dropped, it was reopened in 2020 and prosecutors requested a trial for Depardieu in 2022.<\/p>\n
Arnould has since become a vocal figure in France\u2019s #MeToo movement, expressing solidarity with sexual assault victims and demanding accountability in the film industry. \u2013 Rappler.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rappler.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Arnould first accused Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s PARIS, France \u2013 Film star Gerard Depardieu, one of the leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1994401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/French-actor-Gerard-Depardieu-to-face-trial-accused-of-rape.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}