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Depardieu sues French broadcaster over report that sped up downfall

Gerard Depardieu denies allegations of making sexual comments about a young girl in a 2023 report and challenges claims of manipulated footage in ongoing legal dispute.

  • A French court is examining Gérard Depardieu's accusations against a 2023 television report that he claims misrepresented his comments about a young girl.
  • The report depicted Depardieu making sexual comments during a trip to North Korea in 2018, which harmed his public image.
  • Depardieu's lawyer argues that editing made it seem he spoke about a child, not an adult, and France Télévisions insists there was no wrongdoing in the footage.
  • Despite numerous accusations of misconduct, Depardieu has denied all charges.
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Gérard Depardieu asked the Paris Correctional Court on Thursday to condemn the program "Additional Investigation" which he accuses of having carried out a "illegal assembly" and misleading of a report that accelerated his fall.

·Paris, France
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Gérard Depardieu's lawyer accused on Thursday before the Paris court of the programme Complement d'Enquête of having provoked the actor's fall by making a montage of an "absolute deloyalty" of a report in which the actor made serious and sexist remarks, which journalists refute. ...

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Gérard Depardieu has filed a lawsuit against a 2023 documentary in which he repeatedly made inappropriate remarks about women. The French actor claims he was wrongly portrayed as making sexual comments about young girls.

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Films with John Malkovich, Michel Houellebecq and Benoît Poelvoorde were cited as examples to explain the content of the actor's comments in Yann Moix's film.

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The French TV show 2 had aired videos taken in North Korea in which the actor had sex-related comments.

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TVA Nouvelles broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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