French government spokesman Olivier Veran confirmed today, Thursday, January 4, in a statement on the BFM television channel, that the obscene and insulting language towards women and sexual innuendos made by the controversial actor Gerard Depardieu in 2018, about a 18-year-old girl. Age 10, which was broadcast by a French documentary program in early December, was “shocking”.
Published on: 01/04/2024 – 16:36
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By commenting on the documentary program broadcast by a French channel early last month, about the actor Gérard Depardieu and the suspicions of rape surrounding him, French government spokesman Olivier Ferrand expressed a different and opposing position to the position of French President Emmanuel Macron, who announced his support for the 75-year-old actor.
The government member said that the comments Depardieu made about women “shocked him and made him think about the victims.” He added, “I was shocked by the scenes I saw, which I find invalid.” In contrast to the French president, who favored the end of December, he supported Gérard Depardieu and denounced “ The stalking and stalking he is subjected to. He also confirmed that he is a “distinguished actor” and refrained from discussing the accusations against him, under the pretext that the accused is innocent until proven guilty.
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A deep division in public debate
The Depardieu case led to the division of French public opinion between opponents and supporters of the actor who is facing rape accusations, as several petitions and signatures were published in newspapers bearing prominent names from the artistic field, the most prominent of which was the one published by the left-wing newspaper “Liberation” and bearing the signatures of 150 artists working in the field of cinema. , denouncing “the actor’s impunity.”
The petition published by the newspaper “Liberation” came in response to a petition published by the newspaper “Le Figaro” and included 50 signatures of artists supporting and defending their colleague and denying the rape charges revealed by three women who worked with the actor, who is considered one of the pillars of the seventh art in France.
