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Depardieu fixed 18-month suspended jailhouse condemnation for intersexual assault
We are present getting reports that Depardieu was fixed 18-month suspended situation sentence aft helium was convicted of intersexual battle against 2 women.
This appears to beryllium in enactment with what was requested by the prosecutor.
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Depardieu to entreaty today's verdict, lawyer says
Meanwhile, Depardieu’s lawyer Jérémie Assous said successful a little connection that his lawsuit would “of course” entreaty today’s ruling arsenic helium heavy criticised the verdict, alleging issues with the grounds fixed to tribunal and claiming that the histrion was denied his close to support himself.
In erstwhile hearings Assous called the 2 women “liars” and “hysterical”, arguing they were moving for the origin of “rabid feminism”.
Depardieu verdict marks extremity of impunity of artists successful movie industry, victim's lawyers says
Carine Durrieu-Diebolt, representing 1 of the victims, told reporters it was “a beauteous decision,” and a “victory for the 2 women, but besides for each the women down this trial.”
She praised the courageousness of the victims to bring this enactment and archer their stories, contempt their traumatic experiences.
She said she hoped the verdict would people the extremity of impunity successful the movie manufacture and noted that it comes connected the aforesaid time arsenic the Cannes movie festival is acceptable to start.
One of the victims, known lone arsenic Amélie, added she was “very moved” by the decision, arsenic she hailed the determination arsenic “a existent triumph and a large measurement forward.”
Depardieu fixed 18-month suspended jailhouse condemnation for intersexual assault
We are present getting reports that Depardieu was fixed 18-month suspended situation sentence aft helium was convicted of intersexual battle against 2 women.
This appears to beryllium in enactment with what was requested by the prosecutor.
Depardieu recovered blameworthy of sexually assaulting 2 women
Angelique Chrisafis
Gérard Depardieu has been recovered blameworthy of sexually assaulting 2 women during a movie sprout successful 2021.
Depardieu, France’s biggest movie star, who has made much than 200 films and TV series, is the highest-profile fig successful the French movie manufacture to beryllium convicted of intersexual battle since the #MeToo movement.
The 76-year-old, who was not successful tribunal for the verdict, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 54-year-old acceptable dresser and a 34-year-old adjunct director during the shooting of the diagnostic movie Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) successful Paris successful September 2021.
The tribunal heard that Depardieu trapped the acceptable decorator, identified lone arsenic Amélie, betwixt his legs connected the movie acceptable and grabbed her buttocks, pubis and chest. She said helium trapped her with force, utilized obscene connection and had to beryllium pulled disconnected her.
Depardieu targeted Amélie connected acceptable erstwhile she was making telephone calls to way down parasols for the film. He allegedly said: “Come and interaction my large parasol. I’ll instrumentality it successful your pussy.”
Amélie told the tribunal that helium past grabbed her hips, pulled her towards him and trapped her betwixt his thighs with large force, and grabbed her body, including her pubis, waist and chest.
Depardieu was besides convicted of sexually assaulting an assistant director connected the aforesaid film, touching her breasts oregon buttocks connected 3 abstracted occasions. The woman, who was not named successful the media, was tasked with accompanying Depardieu from his dressing country connected to the acceptable during the filming. She said the assaults near her “petrified”.
Depardieu denied intersexual assault. He told the proceedings that the media had utilized allegations against him to harm his reputation.
Depardieu recovered blameworthy of intersexual battle successful 2nd case
That’s the latest from the Paris courtroom.
A BFMTV newsman wrong the tribunal says the speechmaking of the judgement continues arsenic we await the verdict successful the 2nd case.
Depardieu recovered blameworthy of intersexual battle charges successful archetypal case
This is coming from Reuters quality agency.
I volition bring you much erstwhile we person it.
Macron's planned authorities sojourn to UK - drawback analysis
Jakub Krupa
Given adjacent relations betwixt Britain and France – playing a starring relation connected European information and Ukraine, among others – these plans are possibly not that surprising.
But determination are 2 important symbolic elements here.
Firstly, it volition beryllium Emmanuel Macron’s archetypal authorities sojourn to the UK aft 8 years successful bureau and a wide awesome of governmental intent amid a broader post-Brexit reset nether the Labour government.
We are apt to spot archetypal applicable effects of that reset astatine the EU-UK acme successful London adjacent week, but this sojourn takes it that spot further.
The progressively volatile and unsafe outlook – from commercialized to information and defence – makes it excessively costly for European partners to inactive deliberation of their argumentation towards Britain simply done the prism of the 2016 decision.
Secondly, Macron’s sojourn volition travel earlier the much-trumpeted 2nd authorities sojourn by US president Donald Trump, which is expected aboriginal this year.
And this volition beryllium noted.
Macron to marque authorities sojourn to UK successful July
And arsenic we’re connected France …
French president Emmanuel Macron volition sojourn the UK connected a authorities sojourn successful July, the royal household has conscionable confirmed.
This volition beryllium the archetypal authorities sojourn of a French president since 2008 and Nicolas Sarkozy.
During the trip, Macron will besides conscionable with premier minister, Keir Starmer.
Depardieu to perceive verdict successful proceedings for alleged intersexual assaults
Elsewhere, Gérard Depardieu volition look successful tribunal successful the adjacent fewer minutes to perceive the verdict successful his proceedings for allegedly sexually assaulting 2 women during a movie sprout successful 2021.
As our Paris analogous Angelique Chrisafis explains:
Depardieu, 76, is the highest-profile figure successful the French movie manufacture to look allegations of intersexual battle since the #MeToo movement. If convicted, helium could look up to 5 years successful situation and a good of €75,000 (£63,000).
Depardieu is charged with the intersexual battle of a 54-year-old acceptable dresser and a 34-year-old adjunct manager during the shooting of the diagnostic movie Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) successful Paris successful 2021. He denied each the charges, telling the tribunal helium had been “dragged done the mud by calumny and lies”.
I volition support an oculus connected quality lines coming retired from the court.
And this greeting a elder Ukrainian statesmanlike advisor told Reuters that Zelenskyy volition lone conscionable Russia’s president Vladimir Putin for talks successful Turkey connected Thursday, not different members of the Russian delegation.
Russia has not clarified if it plans to be the talks and astatine what level.
Zelenskyy calls retired 'very unusual silence' from Russia connected Turkey talks
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called retired Russia’s “very unusual silence” successful a post past night, arsenic helium sought to enactment much unit connected Vladimir Putin.
He insisted that “Ukraine has ever supported diplomacy,” and repeated his connection to personally be the talks successful Turkey.
“One mode oregon another, Russia volition person to extremity this warfare — and the sooner, the better,” helium said.
He besides said it was “important” that Trump supported the meeting, adding: “We would similar him to find an accidental to come”.
Morning opening: Something afoot?
Jakub Krupa
European leaders had demanded that Russia perpetrate to a ceasefire by midnight past night, informing of further sanctions if it failed to comply.
The deadline has passed without action, and Moscow continues to stall, raising doubts astir whether Thursday’s scheduled talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine successful Turkey volition adjacent instrumentality place.
But curiously, Ukraine’s aerial unit reported conscionable 10 Russian drones launched overnight, the lowest numbers successful respective weeks, Reuters noted.
Could it mean that determination is thing afoot?
On Monday Donald Trump suggested Vladimir Putin would be the gathering connected Thursday and that helium himself mightiness instrumentality part.
“You whitethorn person a bully effect retired of the Thursday gathering successful Turkey … and I judge the 2 leaders are going to beryllium there. I was reasoning astir flying over.
I don’t cognize wherever I americium going beryllium connected Thursday, I’ve got truthful galore meetings …
There’s a anticipation determination I conjecture if I deliberation things tin happen.”
The US president starts his Gulf travel contiguous with a sojourn to Saudi Arabia, but volition nary uncertainty support an oculus connected developments successful discussions betwixt Kyiv and Moscow.
One to watch.
I volition bring you each the cardinal updates passim the day.
It’s Tuesday, 13 May 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
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