The presiding judge said two witnesses corroborated her account whilst Depardieu, who was not present for the ruling, had been contradictory in his own accounts.

A Paris court is set to deliver a verdict Tuesday on accusations that French actor Gérard Depardieu sexually assaulted two women who were working on a film with him in 2021.

Gérard Depardieu faces a suspended prison term and registration as a sex-offender if he is convicted today of assault.