On Saturday February 10, at the microphone of RTL, the actress Anny Duperey made a comment on the Judith Godrèche affair, declaring that the actress' accusations of rape against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon were somewhat “exaggerated ".
“I don’t really like these late-night witch hunts like that,” she said.
The day after this declaration, Alexandra Lamy spoke to defend Judith Godrèche.
“Madame Duperey, you want to tell all these women that you don't like late witch hunts, but they are not witches, they are rapists, criminals.
You must tell all these victims that you do not like the hunt for rapists and criminals!
“, declared the 52-year-old actress through a text shared on social networks.
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And to continue: “It’s true that no one dared to attack you, you would almost be disappointed not to have had this experience of harassment, or things like that, as you say!”
The actress and director of the film
Touchées
(2021), which follows the daily life of a group of women victims of sexual violence, concluded her message as follows: “Thank you Ms. Duperey, on behalf of all the victims, of all those who have the courage to speak and ask them now to keep quiet because it’s been too long!”
“Awkward” remarks
Faced with the controversy, the 76-year-old actress defended herself in a press release.
“What I wanted to say, very clumsily, I agree, because it is beneficial for the victims to finally express themselves, after such a long silence, it is to temper the media excitement,” she said. declared.
The latter stressed that she “obviously” condemned any action of rape or abuse of power, especially against “children and adolescents”, recalling her status as godmother for thirty years of an association in favor of their defense.
Just as she has “always defended the cause of women, personally and by participating in demonstrations”.
As a reminder, Judith Godrèche, now aged 51, filed a complaint on February 6 for “rape of a minor” against the filmmakers Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon.
While she was in a “couple” with the first when she was 14 and he was 39, since the end of December 2023 she has denounced the relationship of control suffered for six years, between sexual, physical and verbal violence.
The father of Lou Doillon and ex-companion of Jane Birkin is also targeted by the actress who accuses him of having abused her during her adolescence.
Guest of France Inter on February 9, she particularly remembered a scene shot with him for one of his films.
“All of a sudden, he decides that there is a love scene, a sex scene between him and me,” she said.
I take off my sweater, I'm shirtless, he gropes me, makes out with me.
She then recounts events which took place “in the house of Jane [Birkin, companion at the time of the filmmaker], in the office of Jacques Doillon”, accusing him of rape on this occasion.
“Slanderous” denunciations
The director, who is also accused of sexual assault by Anna Mouglalis and Isild Le Besco, responded immediately to Judith Godrèche's accusations.
“That (she) and other women through her are keen to denounce a system, an era, a society, is courageous, laudable and necessary.
But the justness of the cause does not authorize arbitrary denunciations, false accusations and lies,” he declared in a press release, sent to AFP on February 10.
The latter also affirmed that the scene mentioned by the actress was premeditated, from the original script.
“It’s scene 79 where it is written in particular: “Distraught, excited, they make love”.
Judith Godrèche obviously read and reread the script since she even claimed to have written it,” he concluded.