Judith Godrèche targeted by a complaint for defamation from Jacques Doillon: “It’s very upsetting”

Yann Barthès received Judith Godrèche this Friday, November 29 in Daily on TMC. The journalist made the actress react to Jacques Doillon's defamation complaint against her.

Judith Godrèche's emotion was palpable on the set of Daily this Friday, November 29. “Ten days ago you received prior notice from indicted following a complaint for defamation filed by the director Jacques Doillon. You filed a rape complaint against him for acts committed in 1987 when you were 15 years old.recalled Yann Barthès. “What does this indictment mean?”asked the presenter of the show broadcast on TMC. “It means that I will go to the criminal court, that I will be summoned”replied the actress whose accusations shook up French cinema. “Pardon”she interrupted herself, unable to continue her next sentence, on the verge of tears.

“It’s very special and very impressive, overwhelming to receive a registered letter when you finally managed to speak, to free your speech”confided the 52-year-old actress who was a teenager when Jacques Doillon, presumed innocent of what she accuses him of, directed her in The 15 year old girlreleased in 1989. “Basically, after so many years, and I know that some people don't understand why it takes so long, precisely when we finally release our word and receive a registered letter to tell you that there is a procedure that will be put in place by your attacker to basically silence you, because we call it a gag procedure…”declared Judith Godrèche. Despite the director's legal response, she maintains her accusations. “I tell the truth and I take responsibility for it, so I will go to the criminal court and I hope to also be able to expose”launched Dany Boon's ex-wife on the set of Daily.

Accused of defamation by Jacques Doillon, Judith Godrèche does not know “at all” what to expect

Judith Godrèche sees in this possible meeting against a background of defamation, of which she is also presumed innocent, an opportunity to be heard before the courts. “I don’t know if it’s doing him a favor to sue me for defamation. It will also give me the opportunity, since I am prescribed, to speak, basically,” she analyzed. “You could be convicted?”asked Yann Barthès. “I could be convicted, of course”she replied. In a press release, Jacques Doillon's lawyer, Me Marie Dosé, criticizes the actress for an Instagram post “ignoble” Who “beyond understanding”. This publication dating from February 21 is at the origin of the defamation complaint. The actress clarified that “no way” know the legal agenda for this case. She wishes “let justice do its job”. “It’s important to me that justice is done”she concluded.

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