France bans Depardieu from driving after he fell off his scooter drunk (not that he cares now he lives in Russia) 
 
 Actor given six-month ban and 4,000 Euro fine after drink-driving incident 
 
 His lawyer said he planned to appeal and is currently filming in Russia 
 
 
 
 Gerard Depardieu has been banned from driving for six months and fined 4,000 Euros for drink driving. 
 
 The ban follows an incident in November last year when the actor, 64, fell off his scooter and was taken to a police station drunk. 
 
 Depardieu's lawyer, Eric de Caumont, said he planned to appeal Friday's ruling. He said his client, who was not at the hearing, was in Moscow filming. 
 
 
 
 Ban: Gerard Depardieu, pictured at the Russian Film Festival earlier this week, has been disqualified from driving for six months Fall: The French actor slightly injured his elbow after falling off his scooter drunk in November last year 
 
 The Frenchman has publicly feuded with France's Socialist government over high taxes and has accepted a Russian passport offered by Vladimir Putin. 
 
 He was pictured leaving a police station in Paris the morning after his scooter incident, in which he slightly injured his elbow, last autumn. 
 
 Dressed in a sleeveless white shirt, the actor was well enough to jump back onto the vehicle and drive himself home following the overnight stay. 
 
 Unharmed: Following a night at a Parisian police station, actor Gerard Depardieu was ready to get back on his scooter 
 
 In trouble again: The Green Card star tested positive for alcohol after the incident 
 
 
 
 Agence France-Presse reported that when police arrived at the scene and tested Depardieu, he showed a blood alcohol level of 1.8 grams per litre, well above the French limit for driving of 0.5. 
 
 He was detained and brought to a police station where he could face misdemeanour charges 'after a period of sobering up,' the source told the French news agency. 
 
 
 
 In 1998 the actor was involved in a motorcycle crash when his blood-alcohol level was five times over the legal limit. He escaped with leg and face injuries. 
 
 And it's not the first motor incident for the beloved French star this year. 
 
 Not the first time: The French star has been in trouble with the law before 
 
 Hurt elbow: According to reports, the actor didn't suffer any major injuries 
 
 One of France's best-known actors for roles in more than a hundred films, Depardieu recently grabbed headlines again for the wrong reasons. A car driver filed a legal complaint for assault and battery against Depardieu following an altercation in Paris after an alleged collision involving the actor's scooter and a car in the capital's Sixth Arrondissement, near the Saint Sulpice Church. The unnamed motorist claimed the 64-year-old punched him in the face, leaving him injured. Feud: Depardieu has shown his public disapproval with high taxes brought in by France's Socialist government by moving to Russia after he was offered a passport by Russian president Vladimir Putin 
 
 
 
 An official from the prosecutor's officer said: 'There was a confrontation and the driver filed a complaint.' 
 
 Previously Depardieu made headlines after he was banned from an Air France flight for urinating in the aisle as it prepared to take off, forcing the plane to turn back to its parking spot. 
 
 A passenger on the flight said Depardieu appeared to be drunk and insisted he be allowed to use the bathroom during takeoff, when passengers must remain seated. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Actor Gerard Depardieu attends the first Russian Film Festival which pays a tribute to the French actor in Nice June 16, 2013. 
 
 PARIS French actor Gerard Depardieu was banned from driving for six months on Friday, after he was found to be three times over the alcohol limit when he fell from his scooter last year. 
 
 The 64-year-old star of films such as Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac was not in the Paris court to hear its decision to suspend his driving license and fine him 4,000 euros ($5,300). Drink-driving can be punishable by up to two years' jail. 
 
 The flamboyant actor, who owns a vineyard in the Loire valley, injured his elbow but nobody else when he fell from the scooter in the capital in mid-afternoon last November. 
 
 With top roles in more than 100 movies, one of the country's best-known actors has made the headlines on many occasions for reasons other than his film career. 
 
 The scooter fall came a few months after a car driver filed a suit against Depardieu for assault and battery following an altercation in Paris. 
 
 The year before, Depardieu outraged passengers by urinating in the aisle of an Air France flight as it prepared to take off. 
 
 Depardieu criticized the left-wing government last year over high taxes and took President Vladimir Putin up on an offer of a Russian passport. 
 
 He has appeared in ketchup advertisements in Russia, which has a flat tax rate of 13 percent on income, compared with more than 40 percent in France where the government plans a supertax of 75 percent on incomes above 1 million euros. 
 
 Depardieu said his decision to take Russian nationality and plan to open a restaurant in the city of Saransk were not motivated by tax concerns. He is considering shooting a film in Chechnya, where he was seen this year embracing strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov. 
 
 Commenting on Friday's court ruling, Depardieu's lawyer, Eric de Caumont, said: "Naturally we are disappointed to the extent that we had sought an acquittal." ($1 = 0.7590 euros) 
 
 (Reporting by Marine Pennetier; Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
– The latest of Gerard Depardieu's misadventures: A scooter incident from last year has gotten the French actor banned from driving for six months. Depardieu fell off his scooter in November, hurting his elbow, and he was discovered to have been three times over the legal alcohol limit at the time. A Paris court decided today to suspend his license as well as fine him $5,300, Reuters reports, adding that Depardieu could have been sent to jail for up to two years. The Daily Mail notes that the sentence may not trouble Depardieu much, since he's currently in Russia following his tax feud with France.