Gerard Depardieu is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct from 13 women who spoke to French investigative news website Médiapart as part of a months-long investigation into the French movie star.

The “Médiapart” report details numerous instances of lewd comments and misconduct by Depardieu on film and television sets between 2004 and 2022, including in the French comedy ‘Big House’, the period biopic ‘Dumas’ and the Netflix crime series ‘Marseille’.

Depardieu declined to comment on the report but, through his law firm, denied any criminal conduct.

According to the website, the famous actor’s behavior followed a common pattern, which included unwanted touching and “groping” of young actors, make-up artists or technical staff, as well as lewd sexual comments. In most cases, according to the report, the other crew members ignored or tolerated the actor’s behavior, often laughing: “It’s okay, it’s just Gerard!”.

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Médiapart said it contacted 20 producers and directors involved in the productions in question, but only 11 responded. Of those, all but one – Fabien Onteniente, director of the 2008 film “Disco” – said they had not seen or heard anything inappropriate and had not been informed of the alleged behavior at the time. Onteniente, however, said he was warned by the casting director on the set of the movie “Disco” that Depardieu was “heavy with the girls”. When he heard similar allegations during the shooting of ‘Turf’, he confronted the actor. “I told him, ‘Don’t do this again, it’s over! Behave yourself,'” Onteniente said.

Médiapart launched what it says was a months-long investigation after repeatedly hearing rumors about Depardieu’s behavior on set.

In 2018, in the wake of the movement #MeToothe French actress, Charlotte Arnold, filed a rape lawsuit against Depardieu. She accused the actor, who was a close friend of her father, of raping and sexually assaulting her twice at his Paris mansion in the summer of 2018 after she went to him for acting advice. Although the actor tried to keep the case from reaching the courtrooms, he ultimately failed…

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This latest revelation by “Médiapart” comes after last week’s revelation that their editor-in-chief, Ewdy Plenel, had filed a lawsuit against actress-director Maïwenn, accusing her of assault. The police report confirming the lawsuit — in which Plenel says Maïwenn attacked him in a Paris restaurant, pulling his hair and spitting in his face — was leaked the day after Cannes announced that her new film “Jeanne du Barry’, with Johnny Depp in the role of King Louis XIV, would open this year’s festival.

The website “Médiapart” has not investigated Maïwenn, but has published several in-depth reports detailing allegations of sexual assault against her ex-husband Luc Besson.