On Friday, October 18, Justice ordered an expert opinion to determine whether the images of a subject from the France 2 program “Complément d’investigation”, in which Gérard Depardieu made comments of a sexual nature towards a girl, had been manipulated as says the actor.
In a decision consulted by Agence France-Presse and revealed by TeleramaThe Paris Court of Appeal orders this expertise of the raw images filmed in a livestock farm during a trip to North Korea in 2018, “at the expense of Mr. Depardieu, who has an interest in this measure being carried out”.
It partially annuls a civil ruling issued in May, in the first instance, which ordered the production company Hiraki to deliver the images directly to the actor. This decision aroused the fears of Reporters Without Borders, which denounced “a risk of violation of the secrecy of sources” and Hiraki had appealed.
Filmed during a trip with Yann Moix in 2018, the images were made public by “Complément d’investigation” at the end of 2023. We could see the French actor multiplying misogynistic and insulting comments in the livestock farm, while a The girl was on the screen. riding a horse
At the end of 2023, France Télévisions had the ticket authenticated.
The show unleashed enormous controversy and precipitated the downfall of the actor, accused by several women of rape and sexual violence. Gérard Depardieu affirms that the montage is misleading and that his words were not intended for the young woman, something that the expert will have to determine, and also affirms that it was a fictitious scene.
In December 2023, the France Télévisions group had already had the incriminated ticket authenticated by a bailiff and assured that there was no “without doubt and without ambiguity” about the fact that the young woman was the subject of Gérard Depardieu’s comments.
The latter must also be tried on October 28 before the Paris criminal court for sexual assaults committed against two women during the filming of Jean Becker’s film. Green shuttersin 2021. A trial was also requested against him in August before the departmental criminal court for rape and sexual assault against actress Charlotte Arnould.
