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Several actresses, including Judith Godrèche, accuse the two men of rape and sexual assault. They are currently being questioned in Paris by the Brigade for the Protection of Minors as part of a police custody.
Filmmakers Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, accused by actresses including Judith Godrèche of sexual violence, were summoned this Monday to the Brigade for the Protection of Minors for police custody, according to sources close to the case.
“His presumption of innocence is flouted”
The 52-year-old actress accused Benoît Jacquot of rape then Jacques Doillon of sexual assault, triggering the opening of an investigation in Paris. The lawyers of the two filmmakers, Julia Minkowski and Marie Dosé, denounced this custody measure on Monday. The investigation by the Paris public prosecutor’s office concerns the offenses of rape of a minor under 15 years of age by a person in authority, rape, violence by a partner, and sexual assault of a minor over 15 years of age by a person in authority.
According to sources close to the case, these police custody periods could lead to confrontations between the directors and some of their accusers, including Judith Godrèche. In early February, the 52-year-old actress sparked a new storm in the French #MeToo movement by successively accusing Benoît Jacquot of rape and then Jacques Doillon of sexual assault, and filing a complaint.
This measure “concerns facts prescribed for more than 20 years”, denounces Me Dosé in a press release. “For five months now, not a week has gone by without the press reporting on the content of these accusations and the preliminary investigation devoted to them.». «His presumption of innocence is flouted all day long.”denounces the criminal lawyer. At the same time, the filmmaker’s lawyer believes that Jacques Doillon “should have been heard in a free hearing given the age of the facts» and not under police custody.
“Unacceptable deviations”
According to his lawyer, Jacques Doillon, “been waiting for five months to explain” and intends to do so during this police custody, which she considers “unnecessary, disproportionate and indecent“For her part, Benoît Jacquot’s lawyer, Julia Minkowski, deplores that “the prosecution refused to allow him to have access to the file of the procedure“, what “the press is informed even before the time of its summons” and that the custody measure is “just as questionable” The lawyer is outraged by this “set of dysfunctions of justice, thanks to an over-mediatization which leads to unacceptable excesses».
Since Judith Godrèche’s testimony, two other actresses have filed complaints against Benoît Jacquot: Julia Roy for sexual assault, Isild le Besco, at the end of May, for rape of a minor over 15 years old and rape, which were allegedly committed between 1998 and 2007.
