French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set

A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set.

PARIS — A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set.

The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser 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 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.

Depardieu’s long and storied career — he told the court that he’s made more than 250 films — has turned him into a French movie giant. He was Oscar-nominated in 1991 for his performance as the swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac.