One of the first women to publicly condemn French actor Gérard Depardieu is said to have taken her own life on Thursday, the day of the series Further research aired a program about the actor who was accused of sexual assault.
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“I played Louison, Danton's very young wife. The holy monster had allowed himself to do many things during this filming… and had taken advantage of the privacy inside a carriage. He puts his big paw under my skirts to supposedly make me feel better…” wrote actress Emmanuelle Debever on Facebook in June 2019.
The publication of the actress who gave the line to Gérard Depardieu in the 1983 film Danton resurfaced after the announcement of the death of the latter, who would have thrown herself into the Seine last Thursday, according to the French newspaper Libération reported on Tuesday.
On the same day, the French program Complément d'investigation broadcast “Gérard Depardieu: The Case of the Ogre,” about the actor accused of rape and sexual assault, L'indépendant stated.
The 60-year-old woman, who played several roles in the '80s, was one of the first to denounce the actor, speaking out after one of his sexual assault cases against a young actress was dropped. in June 2019, according to a summary from La Dépêche.
Screenshot from Emmanuelle Debever's Facebook
Since April, the 74-year-old actor has been faced with allegations from thirteen women who allegedly denounced sexual violence on film sets between 2004 and 2022.
In Quebec, it is not excluded that Gérard Depardieu could see his knighthood, awarded in 2002, revoked, while the Council of the National Order of Quebec should consider his case in the coming days.