After an appeal hearing in the defamation case between her and the daughter of actor Richard Berry, former singer Jeane Manson suffered a heart attack. She is hospitalized in Lyon “in critical condition”.
Former singer Jeane Manson suffered a “heart attack” on Tuesday May 7, 2024 and was hospitalized in Lyon, after an appeal hearing in the defamation case between her and the daughter of actor Richard Berry, a announced his agent on Wednesday May 8.
The firefighters confirmed that he was treated in the evening for “chest pain”. Jeane Manson, 73, was rescued by firefighters in the court of appeal, then hospitalized “in critical condition”, according to the artist’s agent.
“His condition is weak”
“His condition is weak” and “an intervention is scheduled for today,” he told AFP.
The former American partner of Richard Berry left the courtroom quickly in the evening, visibly very agitated, when her lawyer was to take the floor for his plea, noted an AFP journalist.
The Lyon Court of Appeal re-examined this Tuesday, May 7, the case between Jeane Manson and Coline Berry-Rojtman.
The judgment was reserved until July 17.
Long legal journey
In an article published by Le Monde in February 2021, she spoke of sexual violence that she suffered as a minor in 1984 and 1985 at the home of her father who then lived with Jeane Manson, accused of having participated in these attacks.
The investigation opened in Paris targeting the actor accused of incest by his daughter was dismissed on August 31, 2022 due to statute of limitations.
Lawsuit against his ex-daughter-in-law before the Aurillac court
Jeane Manson had decided to sue her ex-daughter-in-law for defamation before the Aurillac court (Cantal), where she lives part of the year.
In April 2022, the court sentenced Coline Berry-Rojtman, born in 1976, to a €2,000 fine for defamation.
The Riom Court of Appeal (Puy-de-Dôme) confirmed this conviction in December 2022. But in December 2023, the Court of Cassation annulled this judgment and sent the case back to the Lyon Court of Appeal.
