Overview
- The Paris court of appeal scheduled the retrial for 16–20 November 2026, confirming the dates on Thursday.
- Depardieu is appealing his May 13, 2025 conviction for two sexual assaults, which brought an 18‑month suspended term.
- The trial court also ordered his entry on the sex‑offender registry, a two‑year ineligibility penalty, and damages, including sums for recognized secondary victimization.
- The allegations concern a 2021 film‑set groping of a set decorator and a separate street incident in which a woman says he touched her buttocks.
- A distinct referral over rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould remains pending before a departmental criminal court, which he has challenged on appeal.