“Never, ever have I abused a woman,” he assured the Figaro, in October 2023, regarding the sexual assault accusations currently against him. After Cyril Hanouna, last week, this December 7, 2023, the Further investigation of France 2 will be dedicated to Gérard Depardieu.
On the set of Disco
And after Charlotte Arnould filed a complaint, in 2018, it is a new young woman who testifies in the report.Gérard Depardieu: the fall of the ogre“. Her name is Hélène Darras, and she was 26 years old when she was hired as an extra on the set of Disco, the film directed by Fabien Onteniente,
with Franck Dubosc and Gérard Depardieu.
THE Figaro reports the comments she made on television, and in which Hélène Darras describes acts of harassment. She remembers : “He looks at me like I’m a piece of meat. I have an ultra-tight dress, he pulls me closer to him by the waist, then he runs his hand over my hips, over my butt.“.
And to add: “He said to me bluntly: ‘Do you want to come up to my dressing room?’ I tell him no, but that doesn’t change the fact that between takes, he’ll continue to grope me.” At the time, the alleged victim chose silence, Gérard Depardieu being “the king of the board“, and she one “extra”, who hadn’t even yet “finished theater school”, and who dreamed of being an actress. She said to herself : “I don’t want to be blacklisted at 26 years”.
Support Charlotte Arnould’s complaint
If she decided to speak today, and only in writing, as clarified France Info, it’s because Hélène Darras wanted to give weight to Charlotte Arnould’s complaint, she said, denouncing in passing the status ““untouchable” by Gérard Depardieu.
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