Gérard Depardieu faces serious charges. The 72-year-old actor – known for his off the road and his often controversial positions, especially on his “Dictator friends” – finds himself targeted by an investigation. In December 2020, a young woman in her twenties (who wishes to remain anonymous) filed a complaint against the sacred monster of French cinema. Gérard Depardieu was therefore indicted for rape and sexual assault. While his lawyer, Hervé Temime, quickly spoke to reiterate the importance of the presumption of innocence, the actor broke the silence on February 25. “There is no proof, there is nothing against me and therefore I am very serene. I can only dismiss as clearly as possible, as already done before the investigators, all the accusations. I am innocent and I have nothing to fear ", did he in turn defend himself in the columns of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, deploring “a totally unfounded story ”.
“I customized Papi "
A few days before being auditioned again, on March 10, 2021, Gérard Depardieu chose to enjoy a family break. On Monday March 8, it was his granddaughter Louise who shared their tender moment of complicity on her Instagram account. “I customized Papi”, wrote the 20-year-old model in the caption of two pictures of her and her famous grandfather. Indeed, Gérard Depardieu appears strangely dressed… a blanket. In comments on the publication, the 7,000 subscribers of Louise Depardieu were won over.
Gérard Depardieu has always been very close to his granddaughter, especially since the death of his father Guillaume Depardieu, in 2008. The actor had also made him a promise: to always be there for her, as he never had. not enough been with his own son. Words that took on their full meaning when Louise Depardieu lost her mother, Elise Ventre, last October, becoming an orphan at the age of 19.
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