French actor Gerard Depardieu has been found guilty of having sexually assaulted two women (Aurelien Morissard/AP)
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A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of having sexually assaulted two women on a 2021 film set, sentencing him to an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).
The panel of judges will deliver a verdict regarding another plaintiff and pronounce a sentence later on Tuesday.
The case is widely seen as a key post-#MeToo test of how French society and its film industry address allegations of sexual misconduct involving prominent figures.
Depardieu has denied the accusations.
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