French actor Gérard Depardieu allegedly attacked the so-termed “king of paparazzi” exterior of a well known cafe in Rome, Italy just months right after he was hit with sexual assault allegations, according to studies.
Depardieu, 75, dined at an outside the house table at Harry’s Bar with two ladies Tuesday afternoon when the infamous Rino Barillari, 79, allegedly snapped pics at the By means of Veneto-located cafe.
A columnist for the newspaper La Repubblica, Gianni Riotta, who was current when the alleged assault took area, claimed that Barillari experienced been requested various situations to end having pictures, according to The New York Periods.
As the famed photographer went to leave the bar, just one of the females sitting down with the French film star, Magda Vavrusova, allegedly followed Barillari into the avenue whilst shouting at him.
Depardieu then reportedly confronted Barillari “and hit him, hit him, strike him.”
“There was a great deal of blood,” Riotta mentioned.
Magda Vavrusova’s attorney, Delphine Meillet, informed the outlet that Barillari had “violently pushed” her, touching her upper body with his arm, in advance of the assault and that Depardieu was defending her when he fell and “slid” into the Messaggero newspaper photographer.
“After every thing that experienced took place, the photographer persisted in deluging them with pictures,” she mentioned.
Vavrusova, a output manager who was mentioned on IMDB as a “local assistant” for Vin Diesel in the film “Babylon A.D.”, was taken to the healthcare facility and ideas to sue Barillari, according to Meillet.
It is unclear if Barillari options to push charges versus “The Guy in the Iron Mask” actor and Vavrusova.
The operator of Harry’s Bar, Piero Lepore, verified the incident did come about but did not explain who was at fault, according to CNN.
In a column created by Barillari for Messaggero on Wednesday, he claims that “around 1:40 p.m.,” he “received a cell phone simply call from a close friend, (Depardieu) was going to Villa Borghese.”
“Once I arrived at Porta Pinciana I observed him. There were being 6 of them at the table, all French, he was up coming to a lovely female. I took a stand and took out the telephoto lens. But Depardieu threw ice on me. I stopped and waited patiently outside,” the photographer writes.
He claimed even though outdoors the bar, “the lady threw herself at me, offending me, attempting to provoke me, she kicked, as if she was hunting for a struggle. I remained motionless.”
“Then [Depardieu] arrived, shouting ‘me… Italian,’ I remained silent, he strike me a few occasions, even though anyone witnessed the scene in the coronary heart of the Dolce Vita. I did not give up, he had crushed me, 3 punches in the encounter, I stood in front of his rental automobile, to block him and in the meantime call the police.”
Depardieu then still left the space and Barillari claimed witnesses sat him down on the control, introduced him ice for his wounds, and “people applauded and claimed ‘crazy.’”
Previous thirty day period, Paris prosecutors said Depardieu would confront demo in Oct in excess of allegations of sexual assault from two women of all ages who worked with him on the 2021 film “The Green Shutters.”
One particular of the women of all ages who labored with Depardiu on the established of the not-nevertheless-introduced “The Inexperienced Shutters” in 2021 claimed he cornered her in a hallway and groped her.
“He grabbed her, trapped her amongst his legs, and touched her overall body up to her breasts,” an legal professional representing the unnamed female informed French Television outlet BFMTV, in accordance to the BBC.
The “Home Front” star is also at this time getting investigated on suspicion of rape and sexually assaulting actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018 when she was 22.
More than a dozen a lot more gals have occur forward to accuse Depardieu of comparable sexual assault allegations.
The French actor has denied all the rape and sexual assault accusations.
Depardieu has performing credits in about 240 movement photos, in accordance to his IMDb site.
He notably won a Golden Globe in 1991 for “Best Efficiency by an Actor in a Motion Photograph – Musical or Comedy” for his function in “Green Card.”
