Outrage as Depardieu urinates in plane cabin
The cinema legend had been due to fly to Dublin on an Air France flight operated by its subsidiary City Jet yesterday evening and was told three times by cabin crew he could not use the toilet.
It is understood the movie star got out of his seat and tried to relieve himself into an empty bottle at the back of the plane but also urinated on the floor.
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CityJet insisted the plane was “fit for purpose” after it returned to the runway for take-off at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Depardieu had been due to fly to Ireland to film Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannian. Oscar -nominatedDepardieu, 62, has claimed he has not drunk alcohol for the last two months.
A passenger on the CityJet plane contacted a radio station and claimed the movie star urinated in the aisle. Cityjet confirmed the plane had been delayed and it took off later than scheduled without Depardieu and an associate.
Depardieu’s Paris agent said he did not wish to comment.