Actress Judith Godrèche announced on Tuesday, November 19, that she had received a “prior notice of accusation” following a complaint filed by director Jacques Doillon, whom he accused of sexual assault.
“I have not counted the number of rape and sexual assault complaints filed against Jacques Doillon. I know mine is prescribed. But his defamation complaint does not”he wrote on the social network Instagram. “The accusation, in this case, is automatic. But still…”continuous.
The 52-year-old actress publicly accused filmmaker Benoît Jacquot of rape in early February and then Jacques Doillon of sexual assault. The two men were interviewed at the beginning of July by the Minor Protection Brigade (BPM).
Other rape allegations against the filmmaker
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation against Benoît Jacquot for rape of a minor under 15 years of age by an authority, rape, intimate partner violence and sexual assault of a minor over 15 years of age by an authority. after Judith Godrèche filed a complaint. Two other actresses filed complaints against Mr. Jacquot: Julia Roy for sexual assault; Isild le Besco, at the end of May, for the rape of a minor under 15 years of age and rapes allegedly committed between 1998 and 2007.
Regarding Jacques Doillon, the actress accuses the filmmaker of him “having put his fingers in his pants” during tests for a film released in 1989. She was then 15 years old and in a relationship with Benoît Jacquot. Three other women have filed a complaint for rape and sexual assault against the director of the little criminal and of Ponette.
Jacques Doillon’s lawyer, M.my Marie Dosé denounced in July the attack on her client’s presumption of innocence and the framework of his hearing.
Jacques Doillon “they should have been heard in the context of a free hearing in view of the age of the facts, their statute of limitations acquired for more than two decades and the inevitable dismissal of any subsequent action that closes this investigation”had underlined Mmy Dose.
