Depardieu, 75, was being questioned by officers at a police station in the 14th arrondissement of Paris over allegations by two women that he had assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other on another shoot in 2014.. She filed a formal complaint to the police in February.earlier this year that Depardieu first made obscene comments to her, then later assaulted her as she stepped away from the set and into a corridor inside a Paris mansion where the film was being shot.
The second woman, who was 24 at the time of the alleged assault, filed a police complaint this year alleging Depardieu grabbed her body and made obscene and “inappropriate” remarks when she was working as an assistant on the set of the 2015 filmPolice confirmed that the questioning on Monday related to these cases. Depardieu, through his lawyers, has denied all allegations.
Arnould told a documentary last year that she had been anorexic at the time of the alleged attack and it had been “absolute horror”.