The 76-year-old actor was found guilty by the Paris Criminal Court of two sexual assaults during the filming of Jean Becker's movie Les Volets Verts in 2021. His lawyer, Jérémie Assous, has announced that Depardieu will appeal the decision.

PARIS – A court in Paris on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence, in a fall from grace for a towering figure of French cinema.

The court also reportedly requested that the actor be added to the national sex offender registry. French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault in France. The Associated Press reported that the court requested he be added to a national sex offender list.