The performances in Paris of a show by the actor Édouard Baer, questioned by six women who accuse him of “harassment and sexual assault” in Mediapart, have been “cancelled”, indicates the theater in an email to spectators who had reserved.
“The Théâtre Antoine regrets to announce the cancellation of the performances of the show “Ma Candidature”” scheduled for June and July, writes the theater in this email dated Wednesday, a week after the publication of a joint investigation by Mediapart and the feminist media Cheek, in which six women, anonymously, accuse the actor of “harassment and sexual assault”, without having, on the date of publication of the article, filed a complaint against him.
Professional contexts
The six women in question describe facts – when they were around twenty years old – over a period “spanning from 2013 to 2021 (…) mainly in professional contexts”, namely in her Paris office , around theatrical performances or alongside broadcasts on Radio Nova or France Inter, in Paris.
“I do not recognize myself in the words or gestures attributed to me, but I can only express my regret that my behavior made these women uncomfortable or hurt. I didn’t have the intelligence to perceive it. I am deeply sorry. I never intentionally tried to hurt them. I apologize to them,” the actor said in a written statement to both media outlets.
The actor played another show in Romans-sur-Isère on May 24 then in Vevey in Switzerland on Tuesday. This show is also playing in venues in Roubaix this Sunday and in Antibes on June 14 and 15, with tickets still on sale Thursday afternoon.
