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Culture: Gérard Depardieu makes his Legion of Honor “available”
Culture: Gérard Depardieu makes his Legion of Honor “available” – (franceinfo)
While the Minister of Culture had announced the launch of a procedure which could strip Gérard Depardieu of his Legion of Honor, the actor’s lawyers announced that he was making it “available”. This case follows revelations of sexist behavior by Gérard Depardieu, already indicted for rape and sexual assault.
In 1996, Gérard Depardieu was decorated with the Legion of Honor by the President of the Republic at the time, Jacques Chirac. Saturday December 16, the actor’s lawyers announced that he was ready to renounce the highest French distinction and that he would “put it on”available“The day before, the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak had announced that she was initiating proceedings to suspend or even withdraw it. Gérard Depardieu’s lawyers denounced “an additional blow to an already dying presumption of innocence“.
Indicted for rape and sexual assault
The actor is now indicted for rape and sexual assault. A few days ago, the magazine Complément d’investigation revealed previously unpublished images taken from a trip to North Korea. We see him multiplying obscene remarks towards women, sometimes minors. The National Order of Quebec has already removed Gérard Depardieu, following these recent revelations.
