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French authorities reportedly detained Gérard Depardieu for a little play of clip Monday successful relationship to intersexual battle allegations.
Broadcaster BFMTV and nan regular Le Parisien reported that nan 75-year-old character was summoned Monday greeting by Paris constabulary and placed successful custody.
The actor's lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, later told reporters astatine nan constabulary position successful nan 14th territory of Paris that: "The constabulary custody is over. He is nary longer held successful nan constabulary station," but declined to make immoderate further comment.
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Gérard Depardieu was concisely detained by French constabulary Monday. (Getty Images)
The Paris constabulary unit said it wasn’t authorized to remark and directed questions to nan Paris prosecutor’s office, which said it had nary remark "at this stage."
"We person nary accusation to pass aliases corroborate earlier having assessed immoderate eventual charges and directions," nan agency said successful an emailed consequence to questions from The Associated Press.
Depardieu's detention Monday stemmed from allegations made by 2 women, aggregate overseas outlets reported. Each female accused nan character of groping them during filming, 1 successful 2014 and nan different successful 2021.
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Gérard Depardieu was detained for questioning regarding intersexual battle allegations brought against him earlier this year. (Getty Images)
The 2014 alleged battle was reported to constabulary successful January, according to Le Parisien.
The different alleged battle progressive a 53-year-old movie decorator who alleged that Depardieu grabbed her and kneaded her waist, tummy and breasts during filming for "Les Volets verts," aliases "The Green Shutters," according to nan woman’s lawyer, Carine Durrieu Diebolt.
Her title was revenge pinch nan Paris prosecutor’s agency successful February.
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This isn't nan first clip Depardieu has faced accusations of intersexual misconduct. More than a twelve women person claimed the "Greencard" actor was sexually inappropriate towards them during nan commencement of nan #MeToo movement.
Depardieu was charged pinch rape and intersexual battle successful 2020 successful relationship to encounters that took spot astatine his location successful 2018. The female claimed Depardieu assaulted her during 2 abstracted incidents astatine his location aft he led a maestro people astatine her school, BFMTV reported.
Gérard Depardieu was deed pinch rape and intersexual battle charges successful 2020 successful relationship to an brushwood that allegedly happened successful 2018. (Getty Images)
"Mr. Depardieu is and remains presumed innocent. He powerfully contests nan accusations against him," a lawyer for nan French character told Fox News Digital astatine nan time. "The investigation must proceed successful calm, secrecy and respect for Mr. Depardieu’s presumption of innocence."
Depardieu was agelong seen arsenic a nationalist icon successful France. He has been a world ambassador for French movie and enjoyed world fame pinch respective roles successful Hollywood.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
