"I was really happy to have the opportunity to speak and face Mr. [Jeremie] Assous," referring to Gerard Depardieu's lawyer, says plaintiff Amelie after her testimony in the sexual assault trial against the French actor, at the conclusion of the second day of hearings before the Paris Criminal Court. Depardieu, 76, who has acted in more than 200 films and television series, has been accused of improper behaviour by around 20 women but this is the first case to come to trial. SOUNDBITE