The platform of support for Gérard Depardieu, and more specifically the presumption of innocence to which everyone indicted is entitled, continues to cause controversy. This Friday, December 29, 2023, Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoordedisplayed as the first signatory of this column created by the editorialist Yannis Ezziadi, who works for the far-right magazine Talkerand published by Le Figaro at Christmas, was the target of tags uttered on the front of his Namur home, located in Jambes. The comments tagged on his home did not target him by name, but attacked the one that the actor of Nothing to declare And Podium wanted to support: “We don’t like Depardieu, he’s a big pig” were we able to read for a few hours, before these writings are discreetly erased.
For the moment, Benoît Poelvoorde has not reacted publicly, but filed a complaintas revealed The evening. The newspaper indicates that the Namur public prosecutor’s office has been contacted, but does not wish to communicate on the file for the moment. The low wall on which the tag was issued has since been repainted. Indicted since 2020 for accusations of rape and sexual assault brought by several women, including Charlotte Arnould and Emmanuelle Debever, who ended her life in the Seine on the day of the broadcast of Supplementary Investigation in which Gérard Depardieu seems to have sexualized a little North Korean girl who was riding a horse, the sacred monster of cinema must be able to benefit, like any French person, from the presumption of innocence to which he is entitled. For the 56 celebrities who signed this forum, this presumption is floutedand the name of Gérard Depardieu tarnished before even being heard by the authorities and potentially convicted.
Victoria Abril files a complaint, Nadine Trintignant collapses
For several days, however, there have been numerous responses following the publication of this controversial column. The actress Victoria Abril was accused by her colleague Lucie Lucas of having herself been guilty of several sexual assaults and inappropriate behavior on the set of the series Clem, which they both wore for over ten years. Accusations that the Spanish actress contested through her lawyer, who announced filing a complaint against Lucie Lucas for defamation. The actress Carole Bouquetshe announced that she was distancing herself from this platform, on the grounds that she was unaware that its creator was a far-right ideologue.
Nadine Trintignant, mother of Marie Trintignant, apologized in the columns of Point, regretting having been able to shock, and announcing to withdraw his signature. Yvan Attal and Gérard Darmon both expressed their discomfort to BFMTV, indicating that they wanted above all to recall the principle of the presumption of innocence, without however defending Gérard Depardieu, who will have to respond logically for the acts alleged against him before authorities. Finally, Pierre Richard was fired from the Les Papillons association whom he sponsored, and who helped sick children.