Claude Lelouch reacted to the Ary Abittan scandal, accused of rape by a 23-year-old young woman. Indeed, the actor is showing his latest feature film, Love is better than life.
Since October 31, Ary Abittan has been at the heart of a serious scandal. Accused of rape by a 23-year-old young woman, he was taken into custody for 48 hours, before being indicted and placed under judicial supervision on November 2. The facts with which he is accused – of which he remains presumed innocent until proven guilty -, would have taken place on the night of October 30. The declared victim, with whom he had a relationship for a few months, would have gone to his home in the 8th arrondissement of the capital, near the Champs-Élysées.
It is during a second sexual intercourse that “according to the young woman, the actor would have imposed an anal relationship on her, while she would have clearly marked the refusal, especially by cries of pain “. As the complainant indicates, Ary Abittan would have liked to try this practice in the past, but she would have every time “vetoed”. This physical violence would not have been noted in the report of the doctor of the Medico-Judicial Unit (UMJ) but would have earned him two days of Total Incapacity for Work (ITT) “for a slight injury to the vagina and anus “.
Claude Lelouch pained for Ary Abittan
Since the affair broke, Ary Abittan has been hiding in silence. As your magazine revealed to you here is, he chose to leave his Parisian home for good. First a refugee in a hotel in the capital, the actor of the saga What did we do to the good Lord has been collected for many months by friends, in the countryside. As for his career, those close to him fear that he will never be able to regain his former glory. A finding that saddens Claude Lelouch, who gave him a role in his last film, Love is better than life.
“I am very unhappy, because he is someone I love and who makes me laugh. I would like to believe that this is a story gone wrong but I will go along with the court decision. She will tell the truth. It is a fundamental value of our democracy. You just have to give it the means, the time. But I cannot and will not judge without proof. So I let justice be done“, said the latter in the columns of the last issue of Paris Match. It remains to be seen what the latter will decide.