Overview

• Depardieu failed to appear at his June 17 hearing in Rome, leading the court to reschedule his alleged assault trial for October 15, 2025.
• The case stems from an alleged May 2024 altercation at Harry’s Bar on Rome’s Via Veneto where paparazzo Rino Barillari claims the 76-year-old actor attacked him.
• Barillari’s lawyer says Depardieu punched the photographer three times in the face, leaving visible injuries on his temple.
• Depardieu denies the assault, asserting he slipped and accidentally fell on Barillari while defending his partner, Magda Vavrusova, who alleges the paparazzo forcibly touched her.
• In May 2025 a French court convicted Depardieu of sexual harassment over 2021 film-set incidents and sentenced him to 18 months on probation.