Singer Jeane Manson was the victim of a “heart attack” and hospitalized in Lyon, France, after an appeal hearing in the defamation case between her and the daughter of actor Richard Berry, her agent announced on Wednesday.
Jeane Manson, 73, was rescued”by the firefighters“in the precincts of the court of appeal, then hospitalized”in critical condition“, according to his agent.”His condition is weak” et “an intervention is scheduled today“, he clarified.
The former American companion of Richard Berry left the courtroom hastily in the evening, visibly very agitated, when her lawyer was to take the floor for his pleading.
The Lyon Court of Appeal re-examined the case between Jeane Manson and Coline Berry-Rojtman.
The investigation targeting the actor accused of incest by his daughter was dismissed in August 2022 due to statute of limitations.
Jeane Manson had decided to sue her ex-daughter-in-law for defamation before the Aurillac court. In April 2022, the court sentenced Coline Berry-Rojtman to a fine of 2,000 euros for defamation and 20,000 in damages. The Riom Court of Appeal confirmed this conviction in December 2022. But in December 2023, the Court of Cassation annulled this judgment and sent the case back to the Lyon Court of Appeal.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Jeane Manson repeated: “I’m not a rapist, not a liar“. “I’m a victim, I haven’t slept in three years“, she insisted.
