Depardieu

French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 21 faced accusations of siding with sexual aggressors after saying film icon Gerard Depardieu, charged with rape and facing a litany of sexual assault claims, was the target of "a manhunt."

More than a dozen women have accused veteran French actor Gerard Depardieu of sexual violence, with some allegations going back decades, according to a report from French investigative news website Mediapart.

The 74-year-old actor was already facing a charge of raping a French actress. Depardieu has, through his lawyers, categorically denied any wrongdoing.

World-renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu has been spotted vacationing in Istanbul as he was photographed while leaving a seafood restaurant in the Beyoğlu district.

As per reports, the 73-year-old celebrity has been in Istanbul for the last five days.

World-renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu has visited Istanbul's shipyards center in the district of Tuzla to monitor renovation works of his trawler, which is being converted into a yacht.

Getting briefed by Turkish yacht designers, the 73-year-old actor boasted about Turkish yachting in an interview on May 7.

This file photo shows Gerard Depardieu in Moscow on November 25,2012.PhotoXpress/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy

Ukraine has moved ban actor Gérard Depardieu from entering the country over the next five years.

Depardieu, who in 2013 was granted Russian citizenship, has thus become part of a list including Serbian director Emir Kusturica, Hollywood director Oliver Stone, and actor Steven Seagal.

French actor Gerard Depardieu who holds a Russian passport has been banned from entering Ukraine by the country’s Security Services for 5 years. Depardieu, who is a fervent supporter of Russia had made statements in the past saying that Ukraine was part of the Russian federation.