Comedian Audrey-Anne Dugas, who confided in “La Presse” and FM 98.5 about Julien Lacroix, is furious with the daily following this new investigation concerning the fallen comedian.
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In a long Facebook post, she speaks of a cocktail of emotions consisting of “anger”, “disappointment” and “deep disgust”.
“La Presse”, under the pen of Isabelle Hachey, and FM 98.5 in a podcast by Marie-Ève Tremblay, unveiled this week an investigation in which women, among the nine who had denounced Julien Lacroix for allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, in the summer of 2020 in “Le Devoir”, questioned their accusations against the comedian.
“I am angry with these journalists whom I trusted. Those who have assured me on many occasions that this article was not an investigation into the journalistic practices of “Duty” nor a way to whitewash Julien”, writes Ms. Dugas on Facebook from the outset.
“I believed in a feature article, I finally find myself in front of a sensationalist column worthy of a bad series for teenagers on VRAK.TV. I find it hard to understand how such a sensitive subject can be the subject of a chronicle. No expert, a lot of innuendo and above all a butchered use of my speech. Both in the article and in the podcast, my quotes are taken out of context and are far from corresponding to reality,” she adds, saying that her testimony was, according to her, aimed at “blaming her for this story”.
Audrey-Anne Dugas’ message can be viewed here.