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

Gérard 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.

The Paris public prosecutor’s office later said in a statement that the actor has been “summoned to appear before the criminal court”.

A trial will start in October “for sexual assaults likely to have been committed in September 2021” against “two victims, on the set of the film Les Volets Verts [The Green Shutters]”, the statement said .

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Woman is latest to accuse actor and allegation is the second from the shooting of 2022 film Les Volets verts

The French actor Gérard Depardieu, who is under investigation for alleged rape, is facing another accusation of sexual assault.

A set designer has filed a legal complaint against the actor claiming he sexually harassed and assaulted her on a film set in 2021.

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