2023-12-12 19:03:59
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 5 hours ago, Updated 4 hours ago
An investigation targeting Richard Berry (here, in 2001) accused of incest by his daughter was dismissed on August 31, 2022 due to statute of limitations. Vim/Abaca
The Court of Cassation has just overturned the conviction for defamation of his daughter who accused him of incest, despite the dismissal of the investigation for limitation.
Richard Berry’s lawyer insisted Tuesday on innocence “totally indisputable» of the actor, in reaction to the decision of the Court of Cassation annulling the conviction for defamation of his daughter against her ex-mother-in-law Jeane Manson. “The innocence of Richard Berry, which he has always proclaimed with the greatest vigor, is completely incontestable and cannot be called into question in any way whatsoever.», Underlined in a press release sent to AFP Me Dylan Slama. “Richard Berry is neither a defendant nor a plaintiff in any matter whatsoever. This is why, despite the headlines in certain media, there is no Richard Berry affair“, he added.
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In an article published by The world in February 2021, Coline Berry-Rojtman had mentioned the sexual violence she suffered as a minor in 1984 and 1985 at the home of her father who then lived with Jeane Manson, accused of having participated with him in these attacks. The investigation opened in Paris targeting the actor accused of incest by his daughter was dismissed on August 31, 2022 due to statute of limitations.
Jeane Manson, a 73-year-old former singer, had decided to sue her ex-daughter-in-law for defamation before the Aurillac court, in Cantal, where she lives part of the year. In April 2022, the court sentenced Coline Berry-Rojtman, 47, to a fine of 2,000 euros for defamation. The actor’s daughter also had to pay 20,000 euros in damages to her former mother-in-law, as well as 5,000 euros in legal costs.
The Riom Court of Appeal (Puy-de-Dôme) confirmed this conviction in December 2022, adding the same sum for legal costs, i.e. a total of 10,000 euros. But on December 5, the Court of Cassation annulled this judgment and sent the case back to the Lyon Court of Appeal.
According to Dylan Slama, «the Court of Cassation based itself on purely legal grounds without, at any time, calling into question the innocence of Richard Berry“. Richard Berry did not file a complaint against his daughter.
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