Sexual violence: several women testify against Luc Besson, according to Mediapart

After the rape complaint filed by an actress in May, several women testified to Mediapart Displaced gestures or even badual aggression on the part of the director Luc Besson

According to Mediapart, a former collaborator of Luc Besson, in charge of castings, wrote early July to the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris to denounce facts that she calls it "badual badault".

She mentions a "very badualized" work environment, as well as "inappropriate gestures and behaviors, which she considers to be + badual badault."

Contacted by AFP, the entourage of the Luc Besson's lawyer, Thierry Marembert, has indicated that it has at this stage "nothing more (to say) that statements to Mediapart."

The online media survey reveals that several women contacted Italian actress Asia Argento, one of the leading figures in the #MeToo movement and an accuser of producer Harvey Weinstein, after her speech at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in May.

One of between them, also an actress, then spoke to Mediapart about professional meetings with Luc Besson in hotel rooms in the early 2000s and acts of violence on the part of the director, who "threw himself" on her

These accusations occur months after the storm related to the Weinstein affair and the wave of accusations and speech-free speech that followed, mainly in the United States.

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Concerning the complaint filed in May by a 27-year-old actress and model, who accuses Luc Besson having raped her in a hotel in Paris in mid-May, the toxicological tests were negative.

The complainant had lodged a complaint the day after an appointment with Mr. Besson, who had immediately denounced " fanciful accusations ". She said she had an intimate relationship with the 59-year-old director for about two years and felt obliged because of their professional connections, according to a source close to the survey.