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Addendum I wrote this up thinking that the question was something different. As Angelo pointed out, this does not answer the actual question. I will leave this here just in case someone finds the computation useful. So this is a proof, that $H^1(X,\mathscr O_X)=0$. Not exactly what the question was, although it still implies that $Gr_F^0H^i(X,\mathbb Gr_F^0H^1(X,\mathbb C)=0$ where $F$ is Deligne's Hodge filtration. :( end of Addendum

Using the notations of the question, in addition let $Y=\mathrm{Spec}(S/I)$ be the affine cone over $X$, $P\in Y$ the vertex, and $U=Y\setminus \{P\}$. Finally, let $\mathrm{depth}(S/I)=d\geq 3$. First of all we have a long exact sequence:

$$\dots \to H^i(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \to H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^{i+1}(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to \dots.$$ Since $Y$ is affine, this implies that for $i>0$, $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y)$$ and hence $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U)=0 \tag{\star}$$ for $0< i < d-1$.

Proposition $\quad\ H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq \bigoplus_{n\in\mathbb Z} H^i(X, \mathscr O_X(n))$

Proof $U$ is an $\mathbb A^1$-bundle over $X$. In fact, it is easy to see that $U\simeq \mathrm{Spec}_X ( \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n))$ with a projection $\pi:U\to X$. It follows that $\pi_*\mathscr O_U\simeq \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n)$ and $R^j\pi_*\mathscr O_U=0$ for $j>0$. Then the claimed isomorphism follows from the simple special case of the Leray spectral sequence when all $R^j$'s with $j>0$ are $0$.

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Addendum I wrote this up thinking that the question was something different. As Angelo pointed out, this does not answer the actual question. I will leave this here just in case someone finds the computation useful. So this is a proof, that $H^1(X,\mathscr O_X)=0$. Not exactly what the question was, although it still implies that $Gr_F^0H^i(X,\mathbb C)=0$ where $F$ is Deligne's Hodge filtration. :( end of Addendum

Using the notations of the question, in addition let $Y=\mathrm{Spec}(S/I)$ be the affine cone over $X$, $P\in Y$ the vertex, and $U=Y\setminus \{P\}$. Finally, let $\mathrm{depth}(S/I)=d\geq 3$. First of all we have a long exact sequence:

$$\dots \to H^i(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \to H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^{i+1}(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to \dots.$$ Since $Y$ is affine, this implies that for $i>0$, $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y)$$ and hence $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U)=0 \tag{\star}$$ for $0< i < d-1$.

Proposition $\quad\ H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq \bigoplus_{n\in\mathbb Z} H^i(X, \mathscr O_X(n))$

Proof $U$ is an $\mathbb A^1$-bundle over $X$. In fact, it is easy to see that $U\simeq \mathrm{Spec}_X ( \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n))$ with a projection $\pi:U\to X$. It follows that $\pi_*\mathscr O_U\simeq \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n)$ and $R^j\pi_*\mathscr O_U=0$ for $j>0$. Then the claimed isomorphism follows from the simple special case of the Leray spectral sequence when all $R^j$'s with $j>0$ are $0$.

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Addendum I wrote this up thinking that the question was something different. As Angelo pointed out, this does not answer the actual question. I will leave this here just in case someone finds the computation useful. So this is a proof, that $H^1(X,\mathscr O_X)=0$. Not exactly what the question was. :( end of Addendum

Using the notations of the question, in addition let $Y=\mathrm{Spec}(S/I)$ be the affine cone over $X$, $P\in Y$ the vertex, and $U=Y\setminus \{P\}$. Finally, let $\mathrm{depth}(S/I)=d\geq 3$. First of all we have a long exact sequence:

$$\dots \to H^i(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \to H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to H^{i+1}(Y,\mathscr O_Y) \to \dots.$$ Since $Y$ is affine, this implies that for $i>0$, $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq H^{i+1}_P(Y,\mathscr O_Y)$$ and hence $$H^i(U,\mathscr O_U)=0 \tag{\star}$$ for $0< i < d-1$.

Proposition $\quad\ H^i(U,\mathscr O_U) \simeq \bigoplus_{n\in\mathbb Z} H^i(X, \mathscr O_X(n))$

Proof $U$ is an $\mathbb A^1$-bundle over $X$. In fact, it is easy to see that $U\simeq \mathrm{Spec}_X ( \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n))$ with a projection $\pi:U\to X$. It follows that $\pi_*\mathscr O_U\simeq \oplus _{n\in \mathbb Z} \mathscr O_X(n)$ and $R^j\pi_*\mathscr O_U=0$ for $j>0$. Then the claimed isomorphism follows from the simple special case of the Leray spectral sequence when all $R^j$'s with $j>0$ are $0$.

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