Targeted by a complaint for defamation, Coline Berry-Rojtman, daughter of actor Richard Berry whom she accuses of rape and sexual assault, was sentenced to a fine of 2000 euros, this Thursday by the court of Aurillac.
The actor's eldest daughter was the subject of a defamation complaint filed by her mother-in-law, singer Jeane Manson, whom she associates with the alleged misdeeds of her father.
In an article published in Le Monde
(also prosecuted for defamation) in February 2021, Coline Berry-Rojtman recounted the sexual violence she allegedly suffered when she was a minor, between the ages of 6 and 10 at her father's home.
The latter lived at the time with Jeane Manson, herself accused of having also participated in these attacks.
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The actor's eldest daughter had filed a complaint for "rape and sexual assault on a minor" in January 2021, triggering the opening of a preliminary investigation by the Paris prosecutor's office.
" Everything is false "
For his part, the 71-year-old actor has always denied these accusations.
" Everything is false.
They are unfortunately lies and she, I think, ended up believing them.
It's heartbreaking for a father.
I have no attraction for children.
I am deeply, frankly, desperate, ”he said on the stand.
During messages exchanged with his daughter and quoted by Le Monde, Richard Berry had written, while denying the slightest incest, that “Jeane [Manson] had excessive freedom with the bodies.
It's true.
But without sexual ambiguity.
I asked your forgiveness for the pain this caused.
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