Dear readers,
Cascading accusations of rape.
After the complaints against Gérard Depardieu, it is now the turn of filmmaker Jacques Doillon.
The director is accused of having sexually abused actress Judith Godrèche when she was 15 years old.
The main person concerned was informed of this through the press.
“That Judith Godrèche and other women through her are keen to denounce a system, an era, a society, is courageous, laudable and necessary
,” defended the former companion of Jane Birkin,
“but the accuracy of the cause does not authorize arbitrary denunciations, false accusations and lies
.
If freeing victims' voices to speak is certainly essential, this new controversy relaunches the debate around one of the major principles of the rule of law, the presumption of innocence.
In the meantime, find below our portrait of the “
icon of French cinema
” who no longer wanted to be “
the archetype of the nice girl
”.
PORTRAIT OF JUDITH GODRÈCHE
In the rest of the current news…
Knife attack at Lyon station: why is this act not considered terrorist?
“
I am not French, I do not dream of being French.
I don't like France, I hate all the French because it's the French who deprived me of my right to live
.
These words are those of Kassogue S., a 32-year-old Malian.
Shortly after making these comments in a video posted on the social network TikTok, the individual in question went to the Gare de Lyon and stabbed a man in the abdomen and two hammer blows to the head.
While in police custody, he admitted his intention to “
attack French people
”.
Informed of the facts, the national anti-terrorism prosecution, however, declared that the criteria were not met to take action.
THE PNAT GIVES ITS MOTIVATIONS TO THE FIGARO
Disappearance of Eden, 9 years old: the little boy and his father found in Lot-et-Garonne
A news story that ends well.
Little Eden, whose schoolbag had been seen in a ditch, had been reported missing by his mother since Thursday.
After an extensive search, the child was finally found and his father was taken into custody.
The first acts of investigation established that the father's departure “
appeared planned, with food and clothing purchases made accordingly, but with the intention of not being able to be geolocated.
Thus, his cell phone was left in the mobile home,
” detailed the Dax prosecutor’s office.
THE FIRST ELEMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
Yesterday's fact
Le Figaro of February 10, 1999. Le Figaro
This is one of the biggest health scandals to rock France.
Between 1984 and 1985, stocks of blood contaminated with the AIDS virus were knowingly distributed for several months to hemophiliacs.
It is also the first trial brought under the Fifth Republic against former ministers for crimes and offenses committed in the exercise of their function.
25 years ago, on February 9, 1999, the trial of Georgina Dufoix, Laurent Fabius and Edmond Hervé opened before the Court of Justice of the Republic.
“Responsible but not guilty”
, the formula of the former Minister of Social Affairs in the Fabius government has remained in the annals.
Laurent Fabius and Georgina Dufoix were released on March 9, 1999 while Edmond Hervé was exempted from sentence.
A snub for the civil parties.
“Shame on parliamentarians!”
“Murderous state, complicit justice!”
, burst out from the public benches.
“I have had AIDS for fifteen years.
There is no relief from my illness
,” protested a victim at the time.
By our journalist Camille Lestienne
.
On the agenda
Monday February 12
: trial of the wife of Parisian antiques dealer Jean Lupu.
His wife is accused of having participated in a vast antique furniture trafficking scam set up by her husband.
For several years, he manufactured and sold fake furniture, making several million euros.
OUR “ANTIQUE FURNITURE TRAFFICKING” STORY
Tuesday February 13
: at the trial of the Trèbes attacks, the president will question for the first time the girlfriend of the terrorist, Marine Pequignot.
In the meantime, find:
THE TESTIMONY OF THE TERRORIST’S MOTHER
Wednesday February 14
: trial of a teenager for possession of a pistol within the Lycée Jules Haag boarding school in Besançon at the Montbéliard children's court.
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“He is not who you think, these women in love with serial killers” Editions Fayard
We recently saw serial killer Nordahl Lelandais, convicted of killing little Maëlys, become a father.
Enough to relaunch the debate on hybristophilia, this disorder which pushes certain women to fall into the arms of criminals.
Who are they, these women seduced by murderers?
Are they lost women, fragile women, women who, in short, do not have their heads on their shoulders?
Nay: they are lawyers, psychologists, prison guards, police officers... and they fall in love.
In an investigation dedicated to this still little-known impulse, journalist Valérie Benaïm attempts to dissect the psychological mechanisms that can push a woman to fall under the spell of a convict.
Through interviews with these women who are film producers, criminal lawyers, or even abolitionist activists, but also thanks to her discussions with the criminologist Alain Bauer or the expert psychiatrist Daniel Zagury, the television host tried to understand.
Far from
preconceptions
, the columnist paints the portrait of these lovers who, through their inevitably tragic destiny, question our relationship to violence, to love, to death.
Of course, the heart has its reasons that reason ignores... but up to a certain point, all the same.
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Happy Sunday reading,
Margaux d'Adhémar, news journalist at Le
Figaro
.