Sara Forestier will file a complaint against Nicolas Duvauchelle for defamation

She doesn't give up. The double Caesarized actress, Sara Forestier, had already filed a complaint against the actor Nicolas Duvauchelle for having received a slap on a set in 2017. After the accused contested the facts, an investigation was opened, indicated Wednesday December 4 the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information from Mediapart.

Let's return to the unfolding of the facts: on November 7, before the commission of inquiry of the National Assembly relating to violence in the cultural world, Sara Forestier spoke of a « slap » given by an actor during filming. Then in a video interview with Mediapart broadcast on Tuesday, Sara Forestier specifically blamed Nicolas Duvauchelle, explaining that after a dispute over a « trifle » at the start of filming Good man in 2017, Nicolas Duvauchelle allegedly got angry and molested her in front of witnesses. « I know what I've been through ». « He slaps me, I say in front of everyone : “He slapped me, you take me to the police immediately” », said the actress.

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After the “slap”, defamation?

Asked, the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Wednesday « that a complaint was filed on March 31, 2023 by Sara Forestier with the Privas public prosecutor's office, which resigned 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 prosecutor's office seized the XI police station^e rounding of the continuation of the investigations »he indicated. « Furthermore, 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.

In messages on « mythomaniac » and of « false victim ». « I'm straight in my boots, I never slapped her », he says, adding to have « of witnesses » in his support. « I have behaved in the most respectful way on set for over 25 years. »he also said.

Sara Forestier, who received the César for Most Promising Actress in 2005 for The Dodge and the César for best actress in 2011 for People's namesindicated on Mediapart that she intended to file a defamation complaint « this week » for these messages.