Depardieu to be Sued Over Role

Dominique Strauss-Kahn to sue over Gérard Depardieu sex addiction film

Former IMF chief sues over Welcome to New York by Abel Ferrara, which features a sex addict who assaults a hotel maid

The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has instructed lawyers to sue the makers of a film in which Gérard Depardieu plays a sex addict who sexually assaults a hotel maid.

Welcome to New York by Abel Ferrara, which had a private screening on the sidelines of the Cannes film festival at the weekend and has been on pay-per-view in France, is billed as a piece of fiction and comes with a legal disclaimer.