“HPI” actor Thomas Scimeca targeted by two complaints, including one for “attempted rape”, reveals “Mediapart”

SEXUAL VIOLENCE – According to a survey by Mediapart published this Sunday, October 20, Thomas Scimeca, French actor known in particular for his roles in the series HPI et The Torchis the target of several testimonies accusing him, among other things, of sexual violence. Our colleagues reveal that two complaints, including one for “ attempted rape ”, have been filed.

The latter was sent to the Paris prosecutor on Tuesday October 15 by actress Jeanne Faucher. The facts of which she accuses Thomas Scimeca date back to 2015, after the performance of a play in Lyon. A simple spectator, she would have been followed by the person who was directing that evening and who, despite the young woman’s refusals, would have accompanied her to her hotel room before “lift her dress” for him “ impose cunnilingus ».

The second complaint was transmitted this same October 15 by a former companion of Thomas Scimeca, the actress Solène Rigot. In a relationship with the actor for several years, she denounces in her complaint “ habitual violence » on spouse and “ harassment “. The facts took place between 2016 and 2019, according to his lawyer, Maître Gabrielle Milon.

In this complaint, that Mediapart was able to consult, Solène Rigot takes as examples a day in 2017 when he allegedly locked her in her underwear on a balcony and an evening of the same year when he allegedly smashed her phone on the window of the bar where she worked. She also accuses him of “ moral harassment » for trying to insistently dissuade her from having an abortion, and for having uttered “ suicide threats » after their breakup in 2019.

Thomas Scimeca responds to Mediapart

In addition to these two complaints, Mediapart collected several other testimonies, including those of two women who worked on the same shoot, in 2022, with Thomas Scimeca. Both accuse him of having “ insisted a lot not to wear a condom” during sex with him. One of them, who said she experienced the beginning of a relationship during this filming with the actor mixed with pleasant and worrying moments, wrote a witness statement, attached to the two complaints.

Other testimonies relayed by our colleagues report psychological violence in the context of work or in intimate relationships. According to the investigative site, most of the victims have in common that they were much younger than the actor at the time of their meeting.

Asked by MediapartThomas Scimeca says for his part he undergoes “for several months the consequences of these unfounded rumors [son] subject “. “I can only denounce this way of proceeding. The facts as reported are very far from reality and I will explain myself to the courts if I ever have the opportunity.” he indicated.

For her part, the actress Judith Godrèche, who played Thomas Scimeca in her series for Arte Icon of French Cinemaassures having taken “ her distance from him » since she was warned of these actions in early 2024. Agent Élisabeth Tanner, known for having inspired the character of Andréa (played by Camille Cottin) in Ten percenthas decided to no longer represent it in 2024.

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