The images were chilling, his words are just as chilling.
Judith Chemla was the guest this Wednesday from France Inter, the day after the publication of photos revealing the domestic violence suffered by the actress.
At the microphone of Léa Salamé, she confided in her relationship with her ex, director Yohan Manca, convicted of domestic violence.
After five years together, Judith Chemla left her ex-companion a year ago.
It was during her pregnancy that he began to change, according to her: “It often does, apparently.
All of a sudden, the woman's body really belongs to them, there is a being that comes from them inside, so you have to know everything about this body, how it was loved by others, how it was soiled by others,” she says.
In an Instagram post, actress Judith Chemla accuses her ex-companion, sentenced to 8 months in prison suspended for domestic violence, of still exerting pressure.
"I did not premeditate this speech at all, I never imagined showing these photos"#le79inter pic.twitter.com/mo6xcYoQX2
– France Inter (@franceinter) July 6, 2022
And to recount the sudden harassment and violence, especially the day when, at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, she received a phone thrown in the face by her ex-spouse.
She is injured, her face is bloody, her eye swollen, as evidenced by photos posted on Instagram on Tuesday.
"Afterwards it's feminicide"
“Police arrived, and they told me ma'am, we have to file a complaint.
Afterwards it's feminicide, we see it every day, they had three calls at the same time from female marital victims.
And I couldn't tell myself that I was going to file a complaint, I'm flabbergasted.
I do not see myself filing a complaint against the father of my daughter”.
It was finally the next day that Judith Chemla pushed the door of the police station to file a complaint.
On May 12, his former companion was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
“Despite this pain, he continues to think that he is a victim, that seeing his daughter every other week and half of the holidays is not enough for a father who does not question himself.
It's a lot, it's even too much, but I'll give him that chance, ”she said.
And she appeals to women victims.
"Ladies, never withdraw a complaint you have filed," she asserts.
Domestic violence: "Ladies, never withdraw a complaint that you have filed", says actress Judith Chemla.
"Fighting is filing a complaint, fighting for your children"#le79inter pic.twitter.com/xAHi0JHdXr
– France Inter (@franceinter) July 6, 2022
Since posting her Instagram post, the actress claims to have received many messages of support.
“I see all these messages of support and thanks.
Some women no longer have the courage to fight.
I have moving testimonies that tell me thanks to you that I am taking up the fight again.
The fight is to lodge a complaint, to fight for your children, so that they are protected”.
