Depardieu, the 74-year-old star of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “The Man in the Iron Mask” and more than 200 other films and television series, was indicted in 2020 on rape charges connected to a 2018 lawsuit filed by actor Charlotte Arnould.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/french-stars-defend-gerard-depardieu-open-letter-1235850631/

Last week French President Emmanuel Macron said Depardieu had become the target of a "manhunt", while his family has denounced an "unprecedented conspiracy" against him.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/dozens-of-french-actors-denounce-lynching-of-depardieu/