The woman tells the court that Gérard Depardieu tried the buttocks and the breast on the set | Gérard Depardieu

The French actor Gérard Depardieu He sexually attacked an assistant to the director on three occasions while working with him during the filming of films, putting his hands on the buttocks and breasts, leaving her “petrified,” said the woman in Paris.

Depardieu – The greatest star of French cinema to face the process for sexual aggression from #Metoo Movement – He is accused of having sexually attacked the deputy director three times during the filming of the film Les Voats Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris in 2021.

It is also on trial for the sexual assault of a decorator set on the same film, which I claimed that he grabbed her strong between his legs as he grabbed his body. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine of € 75,000 (£ 63,000) if sentenced for crimes.

Depardieu denies any offense, telling the court this week: “It all denies it”.

The woman employed as a third assistant director was not named in the media. He had the task of accompanying Depardieu from his dressing room to set during filming.

He told the Court that a first sexual attack was verified during a night shooting in Paris, when he found himself alone with Depardieu at the end of a short road where his dressing room was while approaching an outdoor set.

He said he heard his hand on the buttock. “It happened by surprise, I was shocked. I didn’t know how to react … I continued as if nothing had happened, I continued to walk on the set. I had a knot in my stomach.”

He said that the second assault took place later in a set inside an apartment in Paris, where Depardieu blocked her against a door and put her two hands on the breast. He said to the court, “I said no. I was afraid.” He said that on a third occasion Depardieu put a hand on the buttocks and said again: “No.”

The deputy director told the Court that before this, Depardieu “spoke about sex all day on the set, constantly talking about” pussy “with everyone”. He said: “Lanna a lot, observes everyone, listen to everything and uses it later to humiliate everyone. At the time, I was having a difficult separation. I had spoken to someone about it, so it derived me for this. There were obscene comments, humiliations; it was an unhealthy environment.”

He said he was ashamed of what Depardieu had done and did not want to talk because he wanted to continue working on the film and manage the situation alone. But when his direct superior asked her as he went on with Depardieu, he told her everything that had happened.

The deputy director said that, after this, Depardieu shouted at her that it was a “mouthful” and was “hateful” for her on the set, calling her “crazy”.

He said Depardieu later said to her “sorry” angry in the face of other crew members. He said Depardieu said he didn’t want to collect him from his dressing room anymore.

He said: “On the set I heard enormous anxiety, stress, shame, guilt; it was very difficult.”

Asked by the head judge what he wanted from the trial, the deputy director said: “I want us to listen to the truth and stop minimizing what happened”.

Depardieu denied the sexual assault. “I didn’t touch her buttocks, I didn’t touch her breasts, I didn’t do anything of this,” he said.

He said to the court: “I’m not the case. I can’t be like this … .. I never touched a buttock like this, not even stealthily. It wouldn’t cross my mind.”

To the question from the lawyer of the denunciant on the accusations of touching the woman’s buttocks, he said: “I have not sexually attacked. A sexual attack is more serious than I think”.

Asked to clarify, he said he didn’t know what sexual assault was.

“He said that at the time he could not walk for 150 meters on his street alone, due to his health, weight and joint problems. He said he was almost always accompanied by a bodyguard or helpers in the set of the film, and he was never only with a direction assistant.

Depardieu said of the deputy director: “I think perhaps, I don’t know, it was wary because of my reputation to be vulgar, raw, rude,” said Depardieu. “But that’s not just this. I still respect people.”

He said he wasn’t someone “who touches people”.

He said he had later asked the production to make sure he was a man who collected him from his dressing room instead of a woman because he always made obscene comments in his dressing room and did not want women to be shocked if they had to finish them.

He said: “I am rough and vulgar. I say things that young people can shock. He said to the court that in a previous film he said:” bring me a man who is not shocked by my language “and” stop putting in girls who are shocked by what I say “.”

He denied screaming to the deputy director.

The process continues.