On January 31, 2023, several women including Muriel Cousin accused psychoanalyst Gérard Miller, in an investigation conducted by ELLE magazine, reporting facts of sexual assault or rape, during hypnosis sessions. If at the time, the one who was Laurent Ruquier’s columnist had announced that he would react “as soon as possible“, it was on February 7, 2024 that he shared his response, on X.
He admits to having taken advantage of his status.of a man of power” on the “younger”
In all, 41 new women brought their testimonies, after having “were overwhelmed by emotion when they discovered the victims’ stories”, reports ELLE. They would be 30 to have described “in detail their meeting with Gérard Miller“. “3 accuse him of rape, 15 of sexual assault, the others of attempts which allegedly occurred between 1993 and 2020” explains the magazine adding that “Some young women were minors at the time of the events”.
Most of them would have sketched “the same scenario, the same operating mode”, by recounting hypnosis sessions that go wrong. Gérard Miller replied that he had “throughout his life a large number of encounters, attractions or adventures, both with women of his age and with younger women”. The TV man also admitted that he is now “obvious” Today “but not at the time”“that there could sometimes have been an asymmetry between younger women and him, given his status as a ‘man of power’. which would prevent him from doing the same thing today.
Consensual relationships
Furthermore, Gérard Miller assured that he had “always assured of the consent of women” and rejects “the most categorical way” accusations of sexual assault and rape. And to conclude: “These clarifications made, it is impossible for me in these circumstances to respond to such accusations in conditions dignified and respectful of the speech and rights of each and everyone.
ELLE magazine told me this evening that its article of January 31 seriously incriminating me has given rise in a few days to dozens of accusatory testimonies from women which will be published tomorrow morning, amalgamating multiple…
— Gérard Miller (@millerofficiel) February 7, 2024
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