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.

The court also reportedly requested that the actor be added to the national sex offender registry. French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexual assault in France. The Associated Press reported that the court requested he be added to a national sex offender list.

French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris in 2021.