It is a decision that constitutes a turning point in the Berry case. While Richard Berry’s daughter, Coline Berry-Rojtmanhe had been convicted of defamation in April 2022, after having filed a complaint and testified about the sexual violence suffered by her father in the 1980s. Justice finally annulled this decision.
A new trial should take place
This Tuesday, December 5, the Court of Cassation canceled this belief. The defamation suit was filed by Coline Berry-Rojtman’s ex-mother-in-law, Jeanne Manson. Berry-Rojtman was sentenced to pay a fine of 2,000 euros, as well as 20,000 euros in damages. This decision “breaks and cancels in all its provisions” of the sentence, and the case will be sent back to the Court of Appeal in Lyon, where it is expected to give rise to a new trial.
The relationship had begun January 25, 2021when Coline Berry-Rojtman, now 47, filed a complaint against her father and her former stepmother, Jeane Manson, for “ rape and sexual violence against minors under 15 years of age », which supposedly took place when he was between 8 and 9 years old. Because of prescription facts, the case was closed on August 31, 2022.
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For Patrick KlugmannColine Berry’s lawyer, this decision is a “ immense relief “, or even a ” the beginning of the end of an injustice.” “For having reported the facts she suffered in her childhood, she was muzzled and judicially mistreated. We won’t stop here.”he also stated.
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