In an interview given to She this Monday 2 October, the actress Charlotte Arnould reacted strongly to Gérard Depardieu’s open letter. The French actor, 74, has been indicted since 2020 on suspicion of rape and sexual assault against him. Since August 2018 he has been accused of two rapes, committed in his home.
By denouncing a forum that you describe as “really dirty”Charlotte Arnould explained what this letter was a new communication strategy on the part of the actorprobably motivated by the imminent prospect of a trial.
“ I’m 22 years old, I weigh 37 kg and he is a friend of my father”
“He contaminated me in 2018 and in a certain sense he continues to do so with words”. For Charlotte Arnould, this letter represents “a strategy to reverse guilt”. Accuses Gérard Depardieu of position yourself as a victim to elicit compassion and sow doubts.
In his letter, the actor assured be the victim of the young woman’s resentment : “He wanted to sing Barbara’s songs with me at the Cirque d’Hiver. I told him no. She filed a complaint.
In reaction to Depardieu’s pseudo-poetic story, which he goes on to tell “I felt a curiosity and understanding in his eyes and behavior that pushed me to go further »the 28-year-old actress gave her version of events, ensuring “Barbara has nothing to do with all this” :
“To recontextualize the facts, when I go to his house, I am 22 years old, I weigh 37 kg because I suffer from anorexia and he is a friend of my father. At the end of 10 minutes »what “it could be (his) grandfather” friends “his hand in (her) panties”.
“His strategy? Say I agree”
Describing this forum as “a pack of lies”reported Charlotte Arnould “arguments used by many attackers”.
The complainant explained that Gérard Depardieu’s home was equipped with surveillance cameras. According to her, he claims that she consented because he could not deny the existence of these sexual acts:
“This completely ignores everything we know today about the effect of stupor in cases of sexual assault. But in reality we can only play on this since we have images: we have videos of what he did to me. Since he cannot contest sexual acts, what will be your strategy? To say that I agree. However, at no point was I. »
When the journalist asked Charlotte Arnould if speaking out had a cost, the actress replied that she would probably have to leave her job. “I think I’m on a lot of people’s blacklist. I just found out that my talent agency no longer wants to represent me. » Currently, The investigation into the rape continues.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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