Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post-#MeToo France

I thought he had run away to the company of poo tin in the Muscovite empire.

After that he should go back to russia.

Sexual assault has always been a privilege of the powerful and wealthy, many of whom are unable to resist the plethora of opportunities available to them owing to their money and fame. Depardieu is hardly an innocent, yet there are also opportunities for unscrupulous women to cash out from society's growing intolerance of sexual abuse.

It is also the most prominent post- #MeToo -era case in France, testing whether a country famed for its culture of seduction is prepared to hold its cultural titans accountable.

Seduction have absolutely nothing to do with sexual assault, it has the meaning of tempting, captivating a person to enter a relationship. So by definition is the opposite of forcing someone into it. If anything this culture should make it easier to disqualify and condemn those that use their power or money to force others to have sexual relationships.