Depardieu briefly detained by French police, reportedly on sexual assault allegations

PARIS (AP) — French police detained actor Gérard Depardieu for several hours Monday for what media reports said was questioning over accusations by two women that he sexually assaulted them on movie sets.

Broadcaster BFMTV and the daily Le Parisien reported that the 75-year-old actor was summoned Monday morning by Paris police and placed in custody.

Depardieu previously has denied any wrongdoing. The actor’s lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, later told reporters at the police station in the 14th district of Paris that...