Depardieu, who denied sexual assault, had argued before the court that he did not consider placing a hand on a person’s buttocks sexual assault and that some women were too easily shocked.

The French movie star Gérard Depardieu was convicted by a Paris court on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting two women working on the set of a film in which he was starring in 2021.

French film star Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in Paris and given a suspended jail term of 18 months.

Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, testified on Tuesday she acceded to participating for a decade in Combs' drug-fueled parties known as "Freak Offs," often fearful he could become violent if she didn't.

Combs is accused of forcing women including Cassie into drugged-up sex parties he described as “freak-offs.”

Cassie described being pressured into degrading sexual encounters with paid sex workers.