Swiss public television (RTS) has excluded from its programming films in which Gérard Depardieu plays “one of the main roles”, after the broadcast in France of a shocking TV documentary, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
Swiss public television (RTS) has excluded from its programming films in which Gérard Depardieu plays “one of the main roles”, after the broadcast in France of a shocking TV documentary, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
Depardieu dismissed because “the public may feel offended”
“Since the latest revelations about Gérard Depardieu, RTS has avoided offering films in which he plays one of the main roles. One or two films have thus been put aside during this holiday season,” Marco told AFP Ferrara, confirming information from the Swiss weekly Morning Sunday.
“When we feel that the majority of the public may feel offended by a work or personality that was previously accepted, we occasionally exclude it from our programming,” he explained.
Depardieu in turmoil since the broadcast of Further investigation
Sacred monster of French cinema, Gérard Depardieu has been in turmoil since the broadcast at the beginning of December of a report from Further investigation on the public channel France 2, in which we see him multiplying misogynistic insults, his remarks of a sexual nature not sparing a little girl.
The report also returned to his indictment for rape in 2020, following a complaint from an actress in her twenties, Charlotte Arnould. He refutes these accusations. Gérard Depardieu, 75, is also the target of a complaint for sexual assault filed by the French actress Hélène Darras for facts a priori prescribed, as well as another in Spain by a journalist, Ruth Baza, accusing him of rape in 1995.