Omar Sy trial after SNCF staff altercation, Digi Mart USA News (Paris, France): French actor Omar Sy will be tried on November 30 before the Paris judicial court, according to a source close to the case who spoke to AFP. He is suspected of assaulting railway staff at the Gare de Lyon in Paris in May 2025.
The star of the series Lupin is being prosecuted for violence against a person entrusted with a public service mission, resulting in incapacity of no more than eight days, allegedly committed on May 22, 2025. He is also charged with threatening to commit a crime or offense against persons or property of a public service official, and with insulting a person entrusted with a public service mission.
According to reports at the time, the incident occurred around 7 a.m. as Sy was preparing to board a train to Avignon at the Gare de Lyon.
Le Dauphiné Libéré reported that it began when a railway security agent asked him to muzzle his dog, in line with SNCF rules, and that the actor then made threatening remarks toward railway personnel.
SNCF confirmed at the time an altercation and threatening remarks by Sy toward one of its onboard agents, and a spokesperson for SNCF Voyageurs told AFP that legal action would follow. La Provence also reported that the dispute continued on board the train after an initial confrontation on the platform, including alleged death threats and insults.
Similar incidents were previously reported at the same Paris station. SNCF cited heated exchanges between Sy and a railway agent in 2018, and in 2011 the actor, known for the hit film Intouchables, was briefly detained after an altercation with SNCF security agents at the Gare de Lyon.
His lawyer at the time denounced acts of violence and abuse of authority.
This report is based on a single publisher article that has not been independently verified.
