After Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, the #MeToo wave is rising against one of the most popular and eccentric characters in French cinema. Accused by six women of harassment and sexual assault, Edouard Baer is surprised… but apologizes.
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Journalist at the Culture department
By Nicolas CroussePublished on 05/23/2024 at 7:27 p.m.
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HASfter Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Jacquot or Jacques Doillon in recent months, the #MeToo wave has risen against Edouard Baer. An investigation, published jointly by Mediapart and the feminist media Cheek, suggests that the popular French actor is targeted by six women, who denounce “inappropriate behavior” (in particular non-consensual sexual touching) between 2013 and 2021, while Baer officiated on the radio or in the theater. Common point of the women who testify: they are young, unknown to the general public and for the most part of Afro-descendants.
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