The most recent was former minister Jean-Michel Baylet.
The boss of the
Dépêche du Midi
was heard at the end of February, in Paris, by the brigade for the protection of minors on accusations of rape of a minor, facts that he disputes and which would have taken place forty-one years ago.
Before, there had been the journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, the producer Gérard Louvin, the actors Richard Berry or Gérard Depardieu.
Since 2017 and a first release of the victims' voice around #MeToo, but especially since the publication of Camille Kouchner's book,
La familia grande
, in early January, rape complaints targeting personalities have followed one another.
Read also: Incest, from the Middle Ages to the Kouchner affair: from taboo to scandal
At the same time, accusations against anonymous people are also increasing.
Sometimes false.
"The #MeToo wave has freed the floor and that's very good
," says Martine Moscovici, lawyer at the Paris bar.
But the corollary is that there are also false complaints: since the beginning of the year, I have been contacted
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