Carole Bouquet defends her former companion, Gérard Depardieu, indicted for rape

French actress Carole Bouquet, former partner of Gérard Depardieu, defended the actor on television who is the target of several complaints for rape and sexual assault.

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Actress Carole Bouquet during the Deauville Festival in September 2023. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

“I have a real problem with what is happening with Gérard at the moment… I am afraid for him”declared actress Carole Bouquet on the show Daily on TMC, Thursday December 21, defending the man who was his companion for ten years. Gérard Depardieu is now at the heart of a media and political scandal following several complaints and testimonies for rape and sexual assault.

“This media tribunal continues, it’s been going on for months and it’s killing a man. I can’t stand it. I have no possible tenderness for someone who turns out to be a monster, but This is not the case for Gérard”, she continued.

Other personalities defend him

“Gérard is capable of being rude, of sometimes having borderline humor, but he is incapable of hurting a woman,” she assured while recalling having lived “ten years of sexuality” with him. She also called for “stop the delight”.

The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, the daughter of actor Julie Depardieu, on television, and before her members of her family in a forum spoke publicly to defend Gérard Depardieu, indicted following one of the two complaints he is the subject of in France and which refutes these accusations.


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