It’s a return that not everyone likes. Gérard Depardieu, accused of rape and sexual assault, was seen in a small Belgian village, not far from the border with France. According to South Infothe mayor of Tournai confirmed the information according to which the actor, who celebrated his 75th birthday this Wednesday, December 27, would have taken up residence in a house that he rents to a friend, in Mont-Saint-Aubert, a small town located in Picardy Wallonia. According to the Belgian media, the mayor learned the news “a few weeks ago”And this “totally by chance”After a call from a village resident who said he had seen him.
The installation of Gérard Depardieu in Mont-Saint-Aubert is news that caused surprise in Belgium. Ten years after his first arrival in Wallonia, the French actor seems to want to be more discreet this time. And for good reason : his return to the country did not fail to arouse strong reactionsamplified by recent revelations on his problematic behavior towards women in the report Further investigation broadcast on France 2 in early December 2023.
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Several “anti-Depardieu” slogans stuck in the night
On the night of December 27, 2023, the Liège feminist collective The Splicerswhich fights against sexist and sexual violence, stuck several “anti-Depardieu” slogans in the town of Tournai and its outskirts. Explicit slogans, such as “Sacred Rape Monster” Or “Gérard, we see you, victims we believe you”were notably visible on the walls of the street where the actor currently resides, in the village of Mont-Saint-Aubert. We could also read “RIP Emmanuelle Debever“one of Gérard Depardieu’s accusers, died in early December 2023. These posters were all removed in the middle of the day.
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