Several women testify against Luc Besson

After the rape complaint filed by an actress in May, several women testified to Mediapart of inappropriate gestures or badual badaults on the part of the director
Luc Besson. according to
Mediapart, a former collaborator of Luc Besson, in charge of the castings, wrote in early July to the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris to denounce facts that she describes as "badual badault."

She evokes a working climate "very badualized, "as well as" inappropriate gestures and behaviors, which she considers to be badual badault ". Contacted by AFP, the entourage of Luc Besson's lawyer, Thierry Marembert, said that he had at this stage "nothing more [à dire] than statements to Mediapart." [19659004] Very few denunciations in France

The online media survey reveals that several women have contacted the Italian actress Asia Argento, one of the leading figures of the movement
#MeToo and an accuser of producer Harvey Weinstein, after
his speech punch in closing of the Cannes Film Festival in May. One of 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 by the director, who reportedly "Thrown" on it.

These charges come months after the Weinstein-related storm and subsequent wave of accusations and speech-release, mainly in the United States. In France, there has been very little reporting of stalkers. With the exception of Florence Darel who revealed that she was harbaded by producer Jacques Dorfmann, no actress publicly denounced a man, and no group of actresses spoke to unmask one of them in French cinema. [19659004] "Fanciful accusations"

The rare French actresses released from the woods, like Léa Seydoux and Emma de Caunes, came forward to denounce … Harvey Weinstein. Regarding the complaint lodged in May by a 27-year-old actress and model, accusing Luc Besson of having raped her at a hotel in Paris in mid-May, the toxicological tests turned out to be negative.

The complainant had lodged a complaint with the the day after a meeting with Luc 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 compelled to do so given their professional connections, according to a source close to the survey.

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