Nicolas Bedos: prison sentence for the actor

A month after the opening of his trial for sexual assault and harassment, Nicolas Bedos was sentenced to one year in prison, six months of which were suspended.

Summary

Nicolas Bedos has just been sentenced to 6 months in prison, and 6 months suspended.

The courts have rendered their decision in the Nicolas Bedos case. Actor and director Nicolas Bedos, behind “Mascarade ” , has just been sentenced to one year in prison, six months of which were suspended.

In fact, he was tried for sexual assault and harassment of three women between 2018 and 2023. The Paris Criminal Court announced its decision on October 22, 2024.

As a reminder, on September 26, the prosecutor had requested twelve months in prison. But also a two-year probationary suspension and an obligation to seek treatment due to “the repetition of the facts”.

End of career for Nicolas Bedos?

A serious conviction that should further hamper the career of Guy Bedos’ son. In September 2024, his friend and former partner Elsa Zylberstein testified in his favor. She explained that in this context where he can no longer work, Nicolas Bedos no longer leaves his home . And added that he had even left Paris.

For his part, speaking several times during his trial, Nicolas Bedos deplored being ” cancelled “. He always denied being ” a sexual aggressor” . He did acknowledge that he had problems with alcohol and ” a heavy kindness ” when he was drunk.

Her lawyer, Julia Minkowski, also said: ” A kiss on the neck is unpleasant but it is not sexual assault .”

What he is accused of

As a reminder of the facts, a woman reported an assault in June 2023, which occurred in a nightclub. She said that the star had walked towards her, head down. He reached out his right hand to her genitals , over her jeans. Kicked out of the establishment, according to the security guard, he had previously touched another woman’s buttocks , earlier in the evening.

During the trial, two other women, civil parties, also came to testify against Nicolas Bedos.The first, a waitress, says she was grabbed by the waist and kissed on the neck in May 2023 by the star, who was drunk.The second, relates events that occurred in June 2018. Nicolas Bedos allegedly touched her stomach and asked her to kiss him . Then, he allegedly followed her on the way to the toilets.