Smiles, as brilliant as they are, sometimes hide terrible traumas. Actress, host, singer, Sophie Darel knew the glory, the glitter and the intoxication of success. But she also went through terrible ordeals, as she recalled on the show The Luxury Moment Friday, February 4, 2022. An episode, which dates back to early childhood, marked her forever: she was sexually assaulted, when she was very young, by a famous animator.
“Yes, I had problems when I was littleshe recalled. I have since forgotten. And then I will never give his name. I’ve said that 50,000 times. He died but he has a family, he has children, grandchildren. What would it mean to go and report something like that when he’s gone? It wouldn’t be nice for his family. It would be a tragedy.“If we do not know the identity of her attacker, Sophie Darel has however agreed to return to this terrible period of her life.
Touching, forced hugs…
“It’s simple, when I was little, that I was 8 years oldI came across someone very funny, very brilliant, very comfortable, who had a lot of charm, who unfortunately liked children, it must be saidshe explained. He didn’t rape me, I want to make it clear, but he cornered me. Touching, forced hugs” Sophie Darel, through her television career, was brought to see him again without wanting to: “He didn’t say anything to me because he was very embarrassed. When we met at parties, I didn’t even see him pass. But I wasn’t the only one. A little boy I think, not known at all, but who was my age...”
Sophie Darel wants to take this secret to the grave. We just know that the famous presenter is “a great television personality… but not only“. She, who has fought three cancers – two breast cancers and a cancer of the uterus – now prefers to look to the future and take care of herself. She may agree to say more, to about his attacker, about his “deathbed“…
Find the full interview with Sophie Darel on the Jordan de Luxe Youtube channel.