By Actor Gérard Depardieu has been detained over alarming allegations of sexual assault — the latest of dozens such accusations to plague the French star in recent years.
Depardieu, 75, was taken into custody by Paris police on Monday morning over allegations from two women who worked with him on movies in 2014 and 2021.
He was questioned by cops about the allegations and released later in the day. No charges have been filed against him at this time.
One of the women, who worked with Depardieu on the set of the not-yet-released “The Green Shutters” in 2021, claimed he cornered her in a hallway and groped her.
“He grabbed her, trapped her between his legs and touched her body up to her breasts,” an attorney for the woman told French TV outlet BFMTV, according to the BBC.
“She felt completely powerless, incapable of escaping this trap.”
The 2014 accusation is also related to alleged groping.
Depardieu has not commented on the latest allegations, but last October denied the claims that have arisen against him.
“I have never, ever abused a woman,” he wrote in an open letter published last fall.
The actor, known for his roles in films like “Green Card” and “1492: Conquest of Paradise,” is also facing charges from 2020 alleging he raped actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018. That case is ongoing.
He has also faced allegations from actress Hélène Darras, but legal action was dropped because of the statute of limitations, according to the BBC.
Over a dozen more women have come forward to accuse Depardieu of similar sexual assault allegations.
Reps for Depardieu did not respond to request for comment when contacted by The Post.
Depardieu renounced his French passport and became a Russian national in 2013 after President Vladimir Putin personally signed an order giving him citizenship.
The actor had left France in protest over tax hikes for the wealthy, for which then-French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called him “unpatriotic.”
He returned to his homeland after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
With Post wires
