Second Publicationthe director of Party girl and actorAnatomy of a fall Samuel Theis is accused of rape by a technician on the set of the next feature film he is directing, I swearwhich tells the story of a man chosen by lot to become a juror.
The facts date back to last summer. A technician, Anthony (whose name has been changed), 27, left the set before her contract expired after accusing director Samuel Theis, 45, of raping her.
Therefore, the production, which took the allegations seriously, put a protocol in place unpublished during a shoot: the director” had to work remotely, limited by production “, as reported Publication.
The complainant claims he was drugged
The events allegedly occurred on the night of June 30, 2023, a month after filming began, in Metz. During a team party at one of the members’ apartment, Antoine drinks beer and a glass of wine. But she makes a “ darkening “. Witnesses found him sleeping on the toilet.
It was at that moment that Samuel Thiers would carry him to an unoccupied room. This is where the rape allegedly occurred, once the last guests had left for the evening. “I wasn’t in my normal state, I felt like I had been drugged “, reported to Telerama the alleged victim. He states that he was not able to express consent or not.
Samuel Theis evokes a “consensual” relationship.
When filming resumes, the technician then expresses the need to leave him, after a discussion with the director. The young man was thus paid his entire compensation and was offered legal assistance. The producers have urgently commissioned a structure specializing in workers’ rights to launch an internal investigation. Samuel Theis was installed a separate room from the rest of the team until the end of filming, which only those collaborators who wanted could access it.
Second Telerama, the 27-year-old young man filed a complaint with the Metz Prosecutor’s Office. For his part, Samuel Theis is enthusiastic “to affirm it[il] he disputes this accusation of all [ses] strengths » and mentions to Télérama a consensual relationship. “ We started flirting at the party “he declared.
Currently in post-production, official release date of the film I swear it is not yet known.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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