Gérard Depardieu is accused of sexual violence by a total of 13 women. He has denied the accusations, which "may be subject to criminal law" One of the women says he tried to touch her in the middle of a shoot, causing laughter.
The actor is one of the best known in France, although he became a Russian citizen in 2013, in protest of the high taxes he had to pay in France. He won his first César Award with the film Le dernier métro (The Last Meter)