French investigative website Mediapart published the allegations, linked to on-set actions by the famed French actor between 2004 and 2022. Depardieu has denied any criminal behavior.
, Depardieu’s behavior followed a common pattern, involving unwanted touching and groping of young actresses, make-up artists or technical staff, as well as obscene sexual remarks and “persistent groaning noises.” In most cases, the magazine reports, other crew members ignored or tolerated the actor’s behavior, often laughing it off: “Oh, it’s okay, it’s [just] Gérard!”said it contacted 20 producers and directors involved in the relevant productions but only 11 responded.
Of those, all but one — Fabien Onteniente, director of 2008 Depardieu starrer— said they had not seen or heard anything untoward and that they had not been made aware of the alleged behavior at the time. Onteniente, however, said he had been warned by his casting director, on the set of, that Depardieu was “getting heavy with the girls.” When he heard similar allegations during the shooting of, he confronted the actor.
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