Lily Radziemski

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

CANNES, France (CN) — On a warm Wednesday evening in Cannes, the red carpet was illuminated by sun and spotlights as photographers in tuxedos waited to capture the glitz, glamor and wealth that has become synonymous with the film festival. Meanwhile behind the security barrier, Roberto Bertoglio, an Italian who traveled to Cannes to visit his partner, was unrolling a Palestinian flag banner. He positioned it against the backdrop of the carpet and snapped pictures.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

MARSEILLE, France (CN) — French lawmakers grilled Prime Minister François Bayrou for over five hours about his involvement in the Bétharram affair, the country's still-unfolding Catholic school abuse scandal that took place over decades, largely under his watch. In the Paris session Wednesday — led by a parliamentary commission of inquiry in the National Assembly, France’s lower chamber of parliament — Bayrou didn't wash his hands clean of the scandal, but neither did he make any big missteps.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

MARSEILLE, France — After months of playing Europe’s leader-in-chief in international geopolitics, French President Emmanuel Macron returned to the home stage in a three-hour live television segment on Tuesday that left experts and the public underwhelmed. The program, called “The Challenges of France,” was marketed as a platform for Macron to recap his successes, outline the nation's agenda for his last two years in office, and debate with representatives from across the spectrum.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

MARSEILLE, France (CN) — In a crowded Paris courtroom Tuesday, Kim Kardashian testified how she was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in a hotel room almost 10 years ago, before robbers got away with roughly $10 million in jewels. It was the biggest robbery of an individual on French soil in decades. Kardashian has previously talked about the experience in fragments on various platforms. But on Tuesday, she took the stand to deliver emotional testimony recounting every detail of Oct.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Lily Radziemski

Gérard Depardieu acknowledged boorish behavior but had denied assault in a case seen as symbolic of the French film industry's reckoning with accusations of sexual misconduct. MARSEILLE, France (CN) — A Paris criminal court on Tuesday found Gérard Depardieu, the French cinema star,guilty of sexual assault and gave him an 18-month suspended prison sentence. Depardieu faced two sexual assault charges from women, identified as Amélie K.