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SpankMe

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1. Something about life and art imitating each other

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:44 AM

Sep 2

Depardieu starred in a movie called "Welcome to New York" in 2014, where he plays a French diplomat (or something like that) who is accused of raping a maid at his hotel and is arrested. The rape scene is quite direct. The movie was based on a true story of a French government official, last name Strauss-Kahn, who was alleged to have done the same thing a few years prior.

I remember the news story, because I think Strauss-Kahn returned to France while the investigation was playing out as the situation became complex due to France's extradition laws, diplomatic immunity, etc.

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Gérard Depardieu to face trial over rape and sexual assault allegations [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2 OP

Something about life and art imitating each other SpankMe Sep 2 #1

7 years she had to wait. Passages Sep 2 #2

In France they treat him like a major celebrity ... like Robert DeNiro maybe FakeNoose Sep 2 #3

Shameful. Passages Sep 2 #4

Didn't he move to Russia about ten years ago? marble falls Sep 2 #5

The full invasion of Ukraine in 2022 seems to have gone too far for him muriel_volestrangler Sep 2 #6

T'anks! marble falls Sep 2 #8

I remember when he moved in protest to French taxes PatSeg Sep 2 #7

What a pig! TexasBushwhacker Sep 2 #9

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