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Gérard Depardieu Divides French Entertainment World As Counter-Petition Launched

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Some 600 French art and entertainment world figures have signed a “counter-petition” decrying moves to defend iconic actor Gérard Depardieu in the face of multiple accusations of sexual assault and one of rape.

The petition described a recent open letter in support of Depardieu, signed by 55 cinema world celebrities, and President Emmanuel Macron’s public defense of the actor on a talkshow before Christmas as a slap in the face for all victims of sexual violence. “It is the sinister and perfect illustration of the world which refuses to let things change,” read the letter posted on the site of investigative news website Mediapart on Friday. “It is the reversal of roles where the executioner (the ‘monster’.

the man, not at all sacred, but just obscene) places himself as a victim, with the help of his friends. As always in cases of gender-based and sexual violence against women, the ‘presumption of innocence’ for the aggressor sounds like a ‘presumption of lying’ for the women who testify against him,” it continued.

The signatories included popular rappers, DJs and singers alongside artists and photographers as well as figures from the cinema world such as actors Judith Chemla, Felix Maritaud, Waly Dia and Louise Chevillotte and director-screenwriter Caroline Deruas.

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