Gérard Depardieu writes public letter denying rape, harassment allegations

Gérard Depardieu publicly denied ever raping or sexually assaulting anyone in a letter published Monday by a French newspaper. Depardieu, 74, was charged in 2020 with raping a young actress at his home. In a French news investigation three years later, 13 women described being sexually assaulted and harassed by Depardieu. None of those women has filed criminal cases against Depardieu. The veteran actor previously denied the allegations. He provided his version of events in Monday’s public letter. “A woman came to my house for the first time, with a light step, going up to my room of her own fr...