2023-12-16 15:14:26
Through his lawyers, Gérard Depardieu announced this Saturday that he was placing his Legion of Honor “at the disposal” of the Minister of Culture, after the announcement on Friday of a “disciplinary procedure” soon to be initiated concerning the distinction awarded to the actor, indicted for rape.
In a press release written essentially in the form of questions, the actor’s counsel questions whether it is indeed Rima Abdul Malak’s role to participate “also actively in the manhunt” and “the media lynching” of which the The actor considers himself to be the target. They accuse him of “sounding hallali”.
“An unacceptable intrusion into an ongoing instruction? »
“A Legion of Honor distinguishes a man, an artist, an attitude, values,” declared Rima Abdul Malak on Friday on France 5, in the show C à vous. “It turns out that I spoke with the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, General Lecointre: a council of the order of the Legion of Honor will meet and will initiate a disciplinary procedure to decide whether this Legion of honor must be suspended or not, withdrawn completely or not. It will be up to them to decide.”
“Do not the brutality of his remarks, the impact that will inevitably result from them, constitute an unacceptable intrusion into an ongoing investigation? », Write Gérard Depardieu’s lawyers, deploring that this decision was made on “a contested and questionable broadcast”.
The lawyers are referring here to the program Complément d’investigation sur l’acteur, which notably broadcast previously non-public images of a documentary on him. We see Gérard Depardieu making sexist remarks, sexually harassing women, and sexualizing a child.
The actor’s lawyers also wonder in their press release if the minister “is not dealing (…) an additional blow to an already dying presumption of innocence”. Gérard Depardieu has been indicted since 2020 for rape, following a complaint from an actress, accusations which he contests.
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