They decided to speak publicly to reaffirm their support for their friend and/or colleague Gérard Depardieu. In a forum of Figaro this Tuesday, December 26, 2023, around fifty personalities decided to defend Gérard Depardieu, indicted for rape, accused by several women of having sexually assaulted them, including the actress Charlotte Arnould, or even Emmanuelle Debever, who killed herself at 60the day of broadcast of the Further investigation centered on Gérard Depardieu, throwing himself into the Seine.
This column was co-signed by many very famous personalities, including Peter Richard. Unfortunately for him, the actor who should celebrate his 90th birthday next summer, has already received fallout from his support shown to the man with whom he shared the poster of three cult films, The goat, Freinds And The fugitives, and more recently Umami, a film which received no promotion following the accusations against Gérard Depardieu. In a tweet, Laurent Boyet, the president of the association The butterflies denouncing domestic violence and incestuous abuseannounced that it was stripping Pierre Richard of his sponsorship, on the grounds of supporting an actor who potentially sexualized a ten-year-old child riding a horse in North Korea: “For 3 years, Pierre Richard has been by our side. But because we are and will always be on the side of the victims and because the platform of support for Gérard Depardieu that he signed is indecent, Pierre Richard is no longer one of the ambassadors of the Les Papillons association.”
Marie Trintignant’s mother, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Afida Turner also co-signed it
The exhaustive list of signatories to this forum is made up of 32 men and 24 women: we find Benoît Poelvoorde, Nathalie Baye, Carole Bouquet, Jacques Dutronc, Charlotte Rampling, Nadine Trintignant, Yvan AttalJacques Weber, Bertrand Blier, Emmanuelle SeignerRoberto Alagna, Michel Fau, Victoria Abril, Dominique Besnehard, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Pierre Richard, Clémentine Célarié, Gérard DarmonRudy Ricciotti, Christophe Barratier, Arielle Dombasle, Francis Veber, Patrice Leconte, Brigitte FosseyBoualem Sansal, Charles BerlingYannis Ezziadi, Philippe Caubère, Vincent Perez, Myriam Boyer, Antoine Duléry, Afida TurnerPaolo Branco, Jean-Marie Rouart, Josée DayanJoel Seria, Bernard Murat, Serge Toubiana, Catherine Millet, Jacques Henric, Stéphanie Murat, Marie-France Brière, Daniel Humair, Judith Magre, David Belugou, Marie Beltrami, Tanya Lopert, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Chiara Muti, Jean-Marie Besset, Stéphane Druet, Christine Boisson, Karine Silla-Pere, Myriam Boisaubert, Lilian Euzéby and Marion Lahmer.