An investigation first in ELLE magazine, then this evening in a “Envoyé Spécial” issue.
Élise Lucet and Ava Djamshidi are present this Thursday, February 29 in “C à vous”, a few minutes before the broadcast of the France 2 investigative magazine devoted to Gerard Miller.
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“It’s an investigation that took place in three stages
,” explains Ava Djamshidi, editor-in-chief of the women’s magazine.
The publication of the first three testimonies led to a wave of emails and letters to the editorial staff.
In total, there are around sixty women who denounce rape and sexual assault.
Testimonies spanning thirty years of alleged facts.
Some were minors at the time.
Following the Judith Godrèche affair
What ignited the powder was Judith Godrèche's accusation against director Benoît Jacquot.
Following the actress' revelations, the archives of a documentary by Gérard Miller dating from 2011,
The Ruses of Desire: The Forbidden
, came to light.
In an extract, we can see Benoît Jacquot expressing himself in these terms, without ever being contradicted by the psychoanalyst:
“It is necessarily a transgression, if only with regard to the law as it is said.
We don't have the right in principle.
A girl like her, like this Judith was in fact 15 years old and I was 40, I had no right.
But she didn't give a damn about that and even she was very excited about it.
Making cinema is a kind of cover, in the sense of a cover for morals of this type.”
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The media tribunal opposes the presumption of innocence.
“I want to respond to all these people
,” begins Élise Luce, this evening in the France 5 talk show.
“We give women the floor and it’s very important to do so.
It is the role of the media to give voice to these women and to give voice to the contradictory.”
The journalist then claims to have
“solicited Gérard Miller”
who refused to respond
“other than by email”
.
“He refutes all these accusations and speaks of consensual relationships
,” adds Élise Lucet.
“The role of these reports is to send the signal that we can attack well-known people
,” the journalist then asserts.
“There is a legal limitation period, but no media limitation period
,” adds Ava Djamshidi.
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