The National Financial Prosecutor's Office of France began an investigation into money laundering and tax fraud with aggravating circumstances against actor Gerard Depardieu, the France Press agency said . The actor, who, in addition to French,has a Russian passport, should be against the court on charges of sexualized violence at the end of March.
Depardieu is suspected of avoiding tax obligations in his homeland, calling Belgium in 2013. The investigation believes that in fact the actor lived in France, AFP sources said. The investigation was started a year ago, in February 2024, the agency clarified.
Recently, in February 2025, in Belgium, Paris and the French Department of Maine-i-Lyar, the searches related to the investigation were learned , the publication of Mediapart.
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According to the unnamed lawyer, the Mediapart department said that the tax authorities have been trying to finally find out the place of residence of the actor for many years. "Unsuccessfully. Now they are trying to resort to the help of criminal prosecution. Unfortunately for them and for you, the result will be the same. Someone may have a temptation to call it miserable, but it is legal, ”the lawyer said.
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In 2012, Depardieu bought a house in the village of Neshen in Wallonia in the south of Belgium. The actor tried to avoid paying tax for super -rich in France, which shortly before that grew to 75%. In 2013, Depardieu received Russian citizenship, as well as apartments in Saransk and Grozny. After some time, the Constitutional Council of France recognized the amount of tax on super -rich discriminatory.
The 76-year-old department starred in more than 200 films. Since 2019, several women have announced harassment and sexualized violence by the actor. On March 24 and 25, court hearings should be held, the actor faces 15 years in prison, he denies the prosecution.
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