PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - A court in Paris on Tuesday found actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence, in a fall from grace for a towering figure of French cinema.

A Paris court has found the French star guilty in relation to allegations of groping on the set of Jean Becker’s 'The Green Shutters' in 2021.

French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault Tuesday. The 76-year-old will be receiving a suspended sentence of 18 months for inappropriately touching two women while working on Jean Becker’s 2022 film Les Volets Verts.