American Artist Jeane Manson Hospitalized After Courtroom Drama at Lyon Appeal Trial

The firefighters took care of the artist on the afternoon of Tuesday May 7 for “chest pain” on the grounds of the Lyon courthouse, where she was present at the appeal trial she filed the face of her stepdaughter, Coline Berry-Rojtman.

The American artist Jeane Manson, who suffered “Heart attack” after an appeal hearing in the defamation case between her and the daughter of the actor Richard Berry, stay in the hospital in Lyon, her manager said on Wednesday May 8. “His vital prognosis is no longer in jeopardy.she added to AFP, attributing that to Jeane Manson “stayed in the hospital in Lyon for a few days”.

Firefighters confirmed that he was taken into custody at the courthouse on Tuesday afternoon, May 7 for “chest pain”. His condition was “criticism”, according to the artist’s agent. American partner Richard Berry had left the courtroom quickly that evening, visibly upset, as her lawyer was about to take the floor for her plea, he noted to an AFP journalist.

Trial for defamation

The investigation was opened in Paris aimed at dismissing the actor accused of incest with his daughter on August 31, 2022 due to the statute of limitations. Jeane Manson had decided to send her ex-daughter-in-law to a defamation case before the Aurillac court, in Cantal, where she lives part of the year.

In April 2022, the court sentenced Coline Berry-Rojtman, born in 1976, to a fine of 2,000 euros for defamation and 20,000 euros in damages. The Court of Appeal of Riom (Puy-de-Dôme) confirmed this conviction in December 2022. But in December 2023, the Court of Cassation set aside this judgment and sent the case back to the Court of Appeal of Lyon.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Jeane Manson reiterated: “I’m not a rapist, not a liar. “ “I’m a victim, I haven’t slept in three years”, she asked. His lawyer Jacques Verdier denied it “revenge” of Coline Berry-Rojtman against her father, including her client “appearing as a collateral victim”.

For her part, Coline Berry-Rojtman maintained her position: “For me, this is the clearest injustice because I am accused of denying the truths that I suffered. “. “She must be protected”one of the defense lawyers, Patrick Klugman, asked at the end of the proceedings, asking the court “Stop this scandal”.