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Double Caesarized actress Sara Forestier has filed a complaint against actor Nicolas Duvauchelle for a slap on a shoot in 2017 which he disputes and an investigation has been opened, the Paris prosecutor's office said, confirming information from Mediapart.
A new case of violence against women joins the long list of similar misdeeds in French cinema. In a video broadcast by Mediapart this Tuesday, December 3, actress Sara Forestier directly accuses actor Nicolas Duvauchelle of having slapped her in 2017 on set, and announces that she has filed a complaint for defamation against the latter, who denies the facts publicly .
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On November 7, before the National Assembly's commission of inquiry into violence in the cultural world, Sara Forestier denounced a “slap” coming from an actor. Now, she goes further, explaining that after a dispute over a “trifle” at the start of filming for the film “Bonhomme” in 2017, Nicolas Duvauchelle got angry and slapped her in front of witnesses. “I know what I went through.” “He slaps me, I say in front of everyone: 'He slapped me, you take me immediately to the police station'”, said Sara Forestier, who claims to have filed a complaint for this violence.
“Slap” and “insults”
When requested, the Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed “that a complaint was filed on March 31, 2023 by Sara Forestier with the Privas public prosecutor's office, which relinquished responsibility for that of Paris on August 30, 2024, after several failings by the complainant, from whom details had been requested. “She denounced a slap and insults on a shoot which had taken place approximately six years previously (without date, location, witness or marital nature specified). The Paris public prosecutor's office contacted the 11th arrondissement police station following the investigations,” he said.
“Moreover, complaints of violence or threats filed by one of his former partners (of Nicolas Duvauchelle, Editor’s note) were closed on the grounds that no offense was sufficiently characterized, in May 2016, May 2019, July 2021”, said the public prosecutor.
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In messages on “I’m straight in my boots, I never slapped her,” he says, adding that he has “witnesses” to support him. “I have behaved in the most respectful way on set for over 25 years,” he also says.
Sara Forestier, who received the César for Most Promising Actress in 2005 for “L'Esquive” and the César for Best Actress in 2011 for “Le nom des gens”, indicated on Mediapart that she intended to file a defamation complaint. this week” for these messages.
