He is one of the best-known French actors. More than 80 films to his credit. The most recent dates from last September when Gérard Darmon was on the bill for The Happy Chosen One with Camille Lellouche.
This Wednesday, November 27, Politis publishes a survey which reveals thatFrench actor Gérard Darmon is accused by nine women of sexual and gender-based violence. Inappropriate comments and gestures allegedly took place on the sets of six different films. Accusations which arrive a few weeks after his trip to Morocco alongside the President, Emmanuel Macron, the very important French delegation, had caused a lot of talk.
These women denounce facts “humiliations”, “sexist insults” et “a feeling of insecurity”. Politis evokes “proposals of a sexual nature or non-consensual physical contact.” Faced with these testimonies, Gérard Darmon denies the facts, indicates the media. He would have “quickly diverted his remarks into the realm of insult and threat” writes journalist Hugo Boursier.
Gérard Darmon: inappropriate gestures and proposals
Politis also reveals that a technician would have filed a complaint against his production for “lack of protection” facing Gérard Darmon. These women who testify are dressers, hairdressers, makeup artists and even production assistants.
The testimonies relate facts dating back to 2018 for the oldest, until last summer for the most recent. Improper behavior and gestures that would have taken place on film sets but also in rehearsals or even in a closed dressing room and in the canteen. In front of witnesses. One of them testifies about the film You are young, you are beautiful. Aged 19 at the time of filming, she was an intern but had “a real technician position“, she says: “Morally, it was quite hard. I lost weight. I was burned out.”
She describes a man “very honeyed, pressing his kisses to the corner of the mouth.” She recalls a memory during the second week of filming, only: after refusing a hot drink that she offered him, Gérard Darmon allegedly said to her: “We can make love, you can come to my house.“ The young woman reportedly insisted that she was not interested.
