Last week, Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak considered that Gérard Depardieu’s statements revealed in the program Further investigations they were “terrible violence contrary to the very dignity of human beings, women and children”. The accusations against the actor seem to resonate even in the highest echelons of the state.
A council of the Order of the Legion of Honor met
The actor targeted by two complaints of rape and sexual assault filed his Legion of Honor “at the disposal” of the Minister of Culture, as his lawyers announced to AFP on December 16. This approach comes after the announcement of the opening ofa “disciplinary procedure” aimed at determining whether or not the actor should be deprived of this distinctionaccording to a press release from his lawyers sent toAFP. On 15 December the minister announced on France 5:
“ A council of the order of the Legion of Honour will meet and initiate disciplinary proceedings to decide whether this Legion of Honour it should be suspended or not, removed completely or not. It will be up to them to decide. »
Gérard Depardieu is the victim of a “media lynching” according to his lawyers
In the statement sent to AFP, Gérard Depardieu’s lawyers believe that Rima Abdul Malak participated “actively manhunting” it’s at “media lynching” of which they believe the actor is a victim. Béatrice Geissmann Achille and Christian Saint-Palais even asked whether this position was actually part of the “function” of the Minister of Culture, considering that he carried “A further blow to an already dying presumption of innocence. »
As of 2020, the actor is indicted for allegations of rape made by actress Charlotte Arnould, charges which he firmly disputes. In the wake of the report Further investigationsa second complaint of sexual assault was filed by the actress Hélène Darras.
Balkans, Weinstein, Bashar Al-Assad: Legions of Honor withdraw
Gérard Depardieu received the Legion of Honor from Jacques Chirac in 1996. It is in fact a French decoration established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 not sure if it will be removed to personalities. Notable examples include Patrizio Balkaniformer republican mayor of Levallois-Perret, and his wife Isabelladeprived of the Legion of Honor in 2021 following their conviction in three years’ imprisonment and ten years’ ineligibility for tax fraud of exceptional scope in 2020.
Likewise, the Syrian president Bashar al-Assadwho for his part received the honor in 2001 (again from the hands of Jacques Chirac). chose to return the badge in 2018 while a withdrawal procedure was ongoing, particularly due to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war. Decorated in 2012 by Nicolas Sarkozy, the producer Harvey Weinstein he is currently serving a 39-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault. In 2017, Emmanuel Macron announced that he was taking steps to withdraw this distinction, but the current status of the procedure remains unknown.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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