Italian photographer Rino Barillari accuses French actor of punching and injuring him last May at a bar in the capital

Gérard Depardieu is facing a trial in Rome after allegedly punching a legendary paparazzo outside a bar in the Italian capital.

The French actor, who earlier this month was found guilty by a Paris court of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, is charged with causing personal injury to the Italian photographer Rino Barillari. The case is due to begin at a court in Rome on 17 June.