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Depardieu will appeal order to stand trial over suspected rape, lawyer says
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Posted on September 3, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 3, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Gerard Depardieu will appeal a court ruling to stand trial for rape charges involving actress Charlotte Arnould, denying any wrongdoing.
PARIS (Reuters) -Gerard Depardieu, one of France's biggest film stars, will appeal a ruling that he must stand trial on charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Asked if an appeal was planned, lawyer Jeremie Assous told Franceinfo radio: "of course".
Depardieu, 76, has denied wrongdoing in the case and his lawyer again questioned Arnould's credibility on Wednesday.
Arnould first accused Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s.
The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Tuesday that an investigating judge had ruled that the case should be sent before a court, after Arnould posted about the news on her Instagram account. No court date was given.
Depardieu first rose to prominence in 1974 with "Going Places" and has starred in scores of French-language movies.
In recent years he has been at the centre of a growing number of sexual assault allegations. He was convicted of sexual assault in May. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Dominique VidalonEditing by Frances Kerry)
Gerard Depardieu is facing charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018.
Depardieu's lawyer, Jeremie Assous, confirmed that an appeal against the ruling is planned.
Charlotte Arnould first accused Gerard Depardieu of rape in 2018, claiming the assaults occurred in his Paris home.
Depardieu has consistently denied any wrongdoing and questioned Arnould's credibility.
In recent years, Depardieu has been at the center of multiple sexual assault allegations and was convicted of sexual assault in May.
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