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Straits Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Italy judge gives Depardieu till October to settle Rome paparazzo case
Fabrizio Siggia, lawyer for Gerard Depardieu, arrives at court in Rome, Italy, on June 17, 2025, for the trial concerning charges related to the alleged assault of paparazzi photographer Rino Barillari. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane ROME - An Italian judge has given Gerard Depardieu until October to try to settle a case in which the French actor is accused of assaulting a veteran Italian photographer during an altercation in Rome last year. An initial hearing on Tuesday fixed a date of October 15 for the next session if Depardieu and Rino Barillari, a well-known paparazzo celebrity photographer, fail to settle out of court. Depardieu, 76, was not required to enter a plea at this stage, and was represented in court by lawyer Fabrizio Siggia. The case dates back to May 2024, when Barillari accused Depardieu of assaulting him in central Rome after he took photos of the actor and his partner at the Harry's Bar restaurant on Via Veneto. Barillari, who is 80, told Italian media at the time that he went to the restaurant when he heard that Depardieu was having lunch there with friends. Barillari took some photos before heading outside, after Depardieu's entourage repeatedly asked him to leave. The actor's partner, Magda Vavrusova, followed him to remonstrate, Barillari said, with Depardieu rushing out soon afterwards and punching him three times, leaving him with a cut to his head that needed medical attention. Barillari's account differed significantly from that of Depardieu and Vavrusova, who accused him of shoving them around. Separately, a Paris court last month found Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set and handed him an 18-month suspended sentence. Depardieu repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in that case. His lawyer said he would appeal the court's decision. The actor has been a leading figure in French cinema, starring in more than 200 films over five decades, including Green Card, The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Italy judge gives Depardieu till October to settle Rome paparazzo case
ROME, June 17 (Reuters) - An Italian judge has given Gerard Depardieu until October to try to settle a case in which the French actor is accused of assaulting a veteran Italian photographer during an altercation in Rome last year. An initial hearing on Tuesday fixed a date of October 15 for the next session if Depardieu and Rino Barillari, a well-known paparazzo celebrity photographer, fail to settle out of court. Depardieu, 76, was not required to enter a plea at this stage, and was represented in court by lawyer Fabrizio Siggia. The case dates back to May 2024, when Barillari accused Depardieu of assaulting him in central Rome after he took photos of the actor and his partner at the Harry's Bar restaurant on Via Veneto. Barillari, who is 80, told Italian media at the time that he went to the restaurant when he heard that Depardieu was having lunch there with friends. Barillari took some photos before heading outside, after Depardieu's entourage repeatedly asked him to leave. The actor's partner, Magda Vavrusova, followed him to remonstrate, Barillari said, with Depardieu rushing out soon afterwards and punching him three times, leaving him with a cut to his head that needed medical attention. Barillari's account differed significantly from that of Depardieu and Vavrusova, who accused him of shoving them around. Separately, a Paris court last month found Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set and handed him an 18-month suspended sentence. Depardieu repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in that case. His lawyer said he would appeal the court's decision. The actor has been a leading figure in French cinema, starring in more than 200 films over five decades, including Green Card, The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac.
Hindustan Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Italy judge gives Depardieu till October to settle Rome paparazzo case
* Judge gives Depardieu until October to settle assault case Depardieu accused of assaulting photographer Rino Barillari * Paris court sentenced him in separate sexual assaults case ROME, - An Italian judge has given Gerard Depardieu until October to try to settle a case in which the French actor is accused of assaulting a veteran Italian photographer during an altercation in Rome last year. An initial hearing on Tuesday fixed a date of October 15 for the next session if Depardieu and Rino Barillari, a well-known paparazzo celebrity photographer, fail to settle out of court. Depardieu, 76, was not required to enter a plea at this stage, and was represented in court by lawyer Fabrizio Siggia. The case dates back to May 2024, when Barillari accused Depardieu of assaulting him in central Rome after he took photos of the actor and his partner at the Harry's Bar restaurant on Via Veneto. Barillari, who is 80, told Italian media at the time that he went to the restaurant when he heard that Depardieu was having lunch there with friends. Barillari took some photos before heading outside, after Depardieu's entourage repeatedly asked him to leave. The actor's partner, Magda Vavrusova, followed him to remonstrate, Barillari said, with Depardieu rushing out soon afterwards and punching him three times, leaving him with a cut to his head that needed medical attention. Barillari's account differed significantly from that of Depardieu and Vavrusova, who accused him of shoving them around. Separately, a Paris court last month found Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set and handed him an 18-month suspended sentence. Depardieu repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in that case. His lawyer said he would appeal the court's decision. The actor has been a leading figure in French cinema, starring in more than 200 films over five decades, including Green Card, The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac.
Euronews
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Gérard Depardieu facing trial in Rome for allegedly punching paparazzo
Following his guilty sentence in a Paris court for sexually assaulting two women during the film shoot in 2021 of Les Volets Verts, disgraced French actor Gérard Depardieu is facing a trial in Rome after allegedly punching a paparazzo. The case is due to begin at a court in Rome on 17 June. Depardieu, 76, is charged with causing personal injury to the Italian photographer Rino Barillari. He is accused of punching 'the king of paparazzi' as he is known in Italy outside Harry's Bar on Via Veneto in May last year. Barillari, 80, went to the bar where Depardieu was eating with a friend, Magda Vavrusova. Barillari claims that Depardieu insulted him and Italians in general, threw an ice cube at him, and punched him three times. This caused Barillari to fall to the ground. 'I can forgive his punches, but not the insult against Italians,' Barillari told the Italian news agency Adnkronos on Tuesday. Depardieu has denied the claims, telling La Repubblica that Barillari had pushed him. Delphine Meillet, a lawyer for Vavrusova, said her client had been 'violently pushed' by Barillari and that Depardieu 'fell and slid' on to the paparazzo.
