This Tuesday, November 19, 2024, actress Judith Godrèche announced on Instagram that she had been indicted for “defamation” after a complaint filed by Jacques Doillon, whom she accuses of rape.
Judith Godrèche has enabled many women to denounce the sexual violence suffered in the world of cinema. The actress had filed a complaint against French directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, whom she accuses of rape when she was a minor. Jacques Doillon then filed a complaint against her for “defamation”the latter received a “prior notice of indictment”.
“But still…”
After learning this news, the actress reacted in an Instagram post. “I have not counted the number of complaints for rape against Jacques Doillon. I know that mine is time-barred. But his defamation complaint is not. The indictment, in this case, is automatic. But anyway…”she wrote on her social networks.
The French director's complaint dates back to February 2024. At the beginning of the year, Judith Godrèche commented on an article by Teleramaalso on Instagram. “In 2022, this newspaper writes that Doillon's specialty is filming with children. A sentence is missing: 'Who he sleeps with'”, she had written. It was following these remarks – which he described as “deeply offensive” – that the French director had filed a complaint for “defamation”underlines Liberation.
An automatic procedure
As a reminder, when a complaint for “defamation” is filed, a “prior notice of indictment” is sent to the intended person. This is an automatic procedure in this type of complaint.
“When you cry at home after receiving a notice of indictment for defamation linked to the complaint filed by your attacker, that the plumber will ring any minute to repair the boiler, that you try to be a good actress and act as if nothing had happened”deplored Judith Godrèche in a story on social networks after learning of her indictment.
No regrets
Last May, in the columns of 20 minutesthe actress explained that she did not regret “to have spoken” to denounce these actions. “There is an interesting and complicated relationship with our image when we have been victims of sexual abuse. We can have moments of self-rejection and difficulty with the idea of being seen. I wanted to show these faces out in the open without appropriating their story”.
