Footage of Gerard Depardieu 'molesting' an extra on film set is revealed by French TV investigators

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Footage of disgraced film star Gérard Depardieu allegedly sexually assaulting a young woman on a cinema film set has been published in France.

Published: 11:39 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 11:54 GMT, 12 November 2026

Footage of disgraced film star Gérard Depardieu allegedly sexually assaulting a young woman on a cinema film set has been published in France.

The previously unseen images show the 77-year-old repeatedly touching the private parts of a 22-year-old extra identified by her first name as Olivia.

It was shot on the set of Turf, a horse-racing comedy starring Depardieu, which came out in 2013.

Tracked down by the Paris investigative news outlet Mediapart, Olivia recalled: 'He put his hand on my buttocks—both of them—for a long time.'

Then he 'put his hand into my cleavage…touching my chest several times,' before 'starting again from behind.'

Olivia said she 'tried by every means possible to remove' his hand but 'he would start again from behind.'

As the sexual assault continued, Olivia realised that 'her panties were no longer enough to protect her,' Mediapart reveals.

Such fondling was not part of the plot of the film starring Depardieu, who has been accused of sexual violence by 22 women since 2018.

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