French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu stands accused of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris.

French actor Gérard Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France. Depardieu,

Actor Gérard Depardieu is on trial in France for allegedly sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021. The legendary French actor is accused of groping a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director while he was filming the 2021 movie, Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters ), the Associated Press reports.