“I weigh 124 kilograms. Wait, now I’m not erect. When erect, it’s 126,” he tells the woman, grabbing her shoulder. They meet in the playpen and prior to this comment he had already made another sexual comment about a 10 year old girl. Moreover, while watching them ride horses, he commented with a laugh: “Women love to ride horses. Their clits rub against the saddle (…) They really like it. They’re whores.”

The man who plays the main role in these images is Gérard Depardieu. They were recorded in North Korea during a visit in 2018, but did not see the light of day on December 7. The same year they were recorded, actress Charlotte Arnoux accused him of two rapes and sexual assault, and a few years later, in early 2023, more than a dozen women came forward to confirm that Depardieu was not much of a gentleman.

But he was never heard in this way. The video in question was published France 2 and restored Addition to offer and criticism, both in his country and abroad, brought him to newspapers around the world. And also Arnoux, whom they perhaps doubt less than in 2018, and these thirteen women.

Because while the god of French cinema had been in the doldrums for years after being considered almost a national hero, he had now been dealt the final blow. Someone who was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, the National Order of Merit, who was identified with the golden years of French cinema and made every film he starred in gold; in public opinion began to decline in the early 2010s.

But the first breakup was not sexual, but economic. Critical of plans to raise taxes on the vast fortunes of President François Hollande’s socialist government, he first went to live in Belgium, just a kilometer from France, to avoid paying, and then, in 2013, after a notorious and long string of taxes. In response to criticism, he decided not to pay a single euro to his country’s treasury and took Russian citizenship thanks to his friendship with Vladimir Putin, who stated that if “the actor who gave life to characters such as Cyrano de Bergerac or Obelix asks for citizenship or Russian residence I could consider this a settled issue.

He did so in January, settling in Mordovia, almost 700 kilometers east of Moscow, and quickly began paying taxes to Russians, which instead of the 75% Hollande had planned amounted to 13%. As the then Minister of Culture Valery Marresyev said, “he will pay according to our legislation.” In addition, a cultural center named after him was soon opened in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia. Although it is now believed that he lives in the United Arab Emirates and has never lived in Russia, in September 2020 he was even baptized according to the Orthodox rite.

All this was more or less hidden when Charlotte Arnoux’s allegations came to light and when, earlier this year, a French newspaper Mediapart published that thirteen other women pointed the finger at the actor for sexual assaults committed between 2004 and 2022. Also when, a few months later, another woman reported on the channel that he touched him. FranceInformation. The actor refuted all these cases ad nauseum, claiming that it was a conspiracy against him. But now all these accusations are back in the spotlight thanks to a video broadcast France 2 it made even his children and grandchildren tremble.

“Alone, with children, he is extremely modest, delicate and even prim!”

“Our father/grandfather/uncle was the victim of monstrous manipulation by a journalist who did not hesitate to rummage through the trash,” his relatives said in an interview. Le Journal du Dimanche in a column signed by his children Julie, Roxanne and Jean; his niece Delphine and his ex-wife Elisabeth, in which they add that Depardieu only loves provocations.

“In private, with his children, he is an extremely modest, delicate and even sanctimonious person!” They went on to talk about the released images, which were part of an unreleased documentary also directed by Yann Moua. Known for making random remarks about unconventional colors.

But although previously it was canceled only on a moral level, these latest pictures have crossed the line. However, Mars removed his wax sculpture from the famous Grevin Museum “in response to negative reactions from visitors, as well as on our social networks.” Moreover, for a week now he will not be able to boast of the National Order of Quebec and the title of honorary citizen of Estampuis (Belgium); both titles were revoked.