Gérard Depardieu to appear in criminal court over sexual assault allegations

Two women say actor assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other on another shoot in 2014

Gerard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on the set of a film in 2021, prosecutors have announced.

Depardieu, 75, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was questioned for several hours on Monday by officers at a police station in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.