French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set.

The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser during the filming of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”). The panel of judges will deliver a verdict regarding another plaintiff and pronounce a sentence later Tuesday.

The case is widely seen as a key post-#MeToo test of how French society and its film industry address allegations of sexual misconduct involving prominent figures.