Since his indictment in 2020 for rape and sexual assault, the accusations against Gérard Depardieu
multiply. Particularly since the broadcast of Further investigationThursday December 7, 2023 on France 2, in which we discover the sacred monster of French cinema traveling to North Korea with Yann Moix and having numerous verbal slips towards women. A report which caused a reaction, particularly from the actresses who played with him in the past.
This Monday, December 11, 2023 in the morning, it was the actress Anouk Grinberg who instructed the 74-year-old actor on France Inter. This denounces the “monstrosity” of Gérard Depardieu : “He was a sacred monster of cinema but everyone allowed him to be a monster at all”, she notably blurted out. A testimony which greatly shocked Christian Saint-Palais and Béatrice Geissmann Achille, the actor’s lawyers. Me Geissmann Achille believes that Anouk Grinberg is “excellent” and an “remarkable actress”. However “if Gérard Depardieu is the monster she describes, this abominable guy, why did she film “Les Volets vertes” with him a year and a half ago?”she asked herself in front of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine.
Just shut the fuck up https://t.co/7BVnkRJKOS
— Isabelle Mergault (@IsaMergault) December 11, 2023
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Gérard Depardieu’s lawyer defends her client, Isabelle Mergault sees red
The lawyer goes further and adds: “Everyone will attest […] that every day she arrived on set with a scene written in the night saying: “I wrote an additional scene for me and Gérard Depardieu”. You must not be inconsistent.”. As a reminder, Jean Becker’s film was released in 2022 in cinemas and had attracted 320,000 admissions in France.
Following this testimony, Isabelle Mergault has
decided to react
. Obviously not in agreement with the words of Me Geissmann Achille, the comedian gave a violent rant on his X account, formerly Twitter. “Just shut your mouth.”she blurted out to the lawyer before adding another layer: “Being under the influence, does that mean anything to you, bitch??”. An explicit way of making it clear that she does not agree with his comments.
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