Nicolas Bedos, 46, was found guilty in October 2024 of two sexual assaults committed in 2023. The Paris Criminal Court sentenced him to one year in prison, six months under Home electronic surveillancewith an obligation of care. Despite this penalty, and the persistent controversy, the actor and director was invited to the set of What an era! Saturday May 3, 2025, for the promotion of his book The thirst for shameto be published on May 7.
Nicolas Bedos on the dock, but not without support
Faced with Léa Salamé, the playwright tried to explain his actions. “What I mean is that I am working to make this shame lead to dignity”he said. A solemn outing, immediately scratched by the humorist Paul de Saint-Sernin, present in the public: “All the money raised thanks to the sale of this book will be donated to an association of victims. You don’t know, I just decided it. “ An ironic intervention which aimed to emphasize, not without sarcasm, the importance of consentcentral theme in accusations against Nicolas Bedos. Faced with this attack, the latter kept silent, visibly shaken.
But against all odds, a voice was raised to call for the artist’s reinstatement in the cultural landscape: that of Anny Duperey. Present on the same set, the latter said: “I think it’s not a question of forgiveness. first, this man himself recognizes that he attacked and that the complaints were founded, he was ashamed of it. (…) He has so much talent that I want there to be recognition and that he can resume his place in the profession. ” Also invited in what time! For the promotion of his book on Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Sarkozy was more nuanced but has lmalgré everything wanted to salute the courage of Nicolas Bedos to come and express himself on TV. The other guests on board have shown themselves less positive …
Anny Duperey is not at her first try
This is not the first time that Anny Duperey has been positioned in sensitive affairs. Last January, the actress returned in TV 7 days on the accusations Aiming Gérard Depardieu. “Thirteen years ago, I was the first exasperated by his excesses, to publicly ask him to ‘close his mouth’. At the time, the actor was sacred, not yet cursed, everyone had fallen on me”she confided.
Victim of harassment due to these positions, especially after his remarkable passage in Les Grandes Gueules In 2010, the latter today said preferred to appeasement. Regarding Gérard Depardieu, she tempers: “Here today, Gérard is out of circuit, he farted a lead, This is not a reason to ban your films.“
His declaration in favor of Nicolas Bedos is part of this same logic: to differentiate man and his work, while taking into account the recognition of the fault and the desire for reparation expressed. Nicolas Bedos himself no longer denies the facts. If he ensures that he does not remember anything, “It’s a blackout“, He said during his trial, he no longer disputes the testimonies of the two complainants. One of them accused him of having touched her sex over his jeans in a bar, the other of an assault in the neck during an alcoholic evening, reported the newspaper of Monde Last October.
It remains to be seen whether the public, professionals in the artistic environment, and above all the victimsone day will be ready to give it a place. The question of forgiveness is far from being decided.
