Icon of French cinema , a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot , he has completed over films since , almost exclusively as a lead. Depardieu has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault. The French authorities have charged him with rape and, since , have had him under formal investigation.
Depardieu has denied any wrongdoing and has not been convicted in connection with any of the accusations against him. He was stripped of the National Order of Quebec in Practically illiterate and half stammering, he learned to read only later. He also acted as a bodyguard for prostitutes who came down from Paris on weekends, the GIs' payday. Regardless of his lack of culture, he heavily studied the classics and followed a therapy to correct his disastrous diction and improve his memory.
Depardieu and Deneuve have since made nine more films together. In , he divorced Guignot and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet , his partner from to Since , he is in a relationship with Magda Vavrusova. On 13 October , Depardieu's son Guillaume died from pneumonia at the age of Guillaume's health had been adversely affected by drug addiction and a motorcycle crash that eventually required the amputation of his right leg in Depardieu and Guillaume had a turbulent relationship but had reconciled prior to Guillaume's death.
On 18 May , Depardieu had a motorcycle accident with a high blood alcohol content , of 2. Caesar , by Claude Zidi. He was prescribed forty days off work. Depardieu apologised for this and his fellow actor Edouard Baer attributed it to prostate issues. In , Depardieu was hit by a car while riding his scooter in Paris. He said: "I'm never totally drunk, just a bit of a pain in the ass". In , Time magazine published a translation of a interview in which Depardieu apparently confirmed a rumour that he first participated in a rape when he was nine years old and that he had participated in more rapes since then.
He reportedly stated there were "too many [rapes] to count There was nothing wrong with it. The girls wanted to be raped. I mean, there's no such thing as rape. It's only a matter of a girl putting herself in a situation where she wants to be. In August , Depardieu was accused of sexual assault and rape by a year-old actress and dancer. The unnamed actress made her statement to police in Lambesc , southern France, after which the case was passed to prosecutors in the capital.
