Gérard Depardieu given 18-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault of two women – Europe live

France’s biggest film star convicted of sexual assault over actions during film shoot in 2021

Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.

Depardieu, France’s biggest film star, who has made more than 200 films and TV series, is the highest-profile figure in the French film industry to be convicted of sexual assault since the #MeToo movement.