French actor Depardieu goes on trial on sexual assault charges

French actor Gerard Depardieu went on trial at a Paris court Monday charged with sexually assaulting two women during a 2021 film shoot, as his lawyer vowed to show all the accusations were “false”. Depardieu, 76, who has acted in more than 200 films and television series, has been accused of improper behaviour by around 20 women but this is the first case to come to trial. FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon reports.