Overview

• On July 23, 2025, the Parquet de Paris formally requisitioned Depardieu’s referral to the Cour criminelle départementale for the alleged August 7 and 13, 2018 rapes and sexual assaults of Charlotte Arnould.
• The final ruling on whether to send him to trial now rests with the examining magistrate after two previous requisitions were invalidated on procedural grounds in August 2024.
• A mid-May expert report found that controversial remarks Depardieu made during a December 2023 France 2 broadcast targeted a minor on a pony, a finding he disputes and has appealed.
• Depardieu’s defense also challenges the authenticity of surveillance footage, with a correctional hearing set for October 2 to examine allegations of video manipulation.
• His May 2025 18-month suspended sentence for 2021 on-set sexual assault convictions remains under appeal, underscoring the breadth of his ongoing legal battles.