The director, father of Maïwenn’s daughter, is accused of rape by actress Sand Van Roy.
After deciding to keep quiet on the subject during the promotion campaign for her latest film, Maïwenn finally speaks up. The director says in the Sunday newspaper (article for subscribers)published on Sunday June 11, having attacked the co-founder of Mediapart, Edwy Plenel, for the publication of his hearing in the case of Luc Besson, father of her daughter, accused of rape by actress Sand Van Roy. “I do not blame Mediapart for the investigations they carried out concerning Luc Besson. I blame them for what they did to me”launches Maïwenn in the weekly.
The filmmaker and actress assures that she met a journalist from Mediapart at the end of 2018 about the investigation of this media on Luc Besson, whom she says she no longer frequents “for 20 years”. She would then have stressed to her interlocutor that she did not want “speak”. In early 2021, Mediapart publishes “an article with scraps of [son] hearing” made in June 2020 before the judicial police. “It’s a cataclysm. (…) I felt a moral rape”emphasizes Maïwenn. “If nothing justifies attacking a journalist, nothing justifies violating a woman’s privacy”she adds.
The Court of Cassation will deliver its decision on June 21 on the rape charges against Luc Besson, which were dismissed, confirmed on appeal. The director proclaims his innocence.
Mediapart responded to the director on Sunday in a blog post, noting that his audition was first published in magazines Paris Match And Point and that Mediapart had only mentioned it months later. “In reality, what is at stake goes far beyond: it is a question of questioning a newspaper which has never given up on investigating #MeToo, in all places of power, in all circles, including in the movie theater”writes the news site. “Let’s not be fooled by the media and political offensive against #MeToo in which she is participating today, with the JDD.”
Edwy Plenel heard two weeks ago
Maïwenn had already admitted in May, in the program “Quotidien” (TMC), having attacked Edwy Plenel, while refusing to explain. Edwy Plenel filed a complaint in March, which AFP was able to consult, against the actress and director for this attack.
“A woman, previously seated alone at another table (in a Parisian restaurant) appeared and in a very short time seized [Edwy Plenel] violently by the hair, throwing his head back and spitting on his face”, can we read there. Maïwenn was then identified by the restaurant staff.
“An investigation is open. Edwy Plenel was heard two weeks ago. The other witnesses are being heard”the journalist’s lawyer, Pierre-Emmanuel Blard, told AFP in mid-May.