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Politics● LowSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

Depardieu appeals court order sending him to trial on rape charges

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFI [en] · Western Europe

French cinema star Gérard Depardieu is due to ask a Paris appeals court on Thursday to overturn an order sending him to trial over allegations that he raped actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018.

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