His book has lifted the veil on the ultimate taboo of incest. Guest on the set of Daily, on Monday February 15, 2021, Camille Kouchner returned to her book La Familia Grande in which she accuses Olivier Duhamel of having abused his twin when he was a minor. These revelations have enabled many victims to testify about the sexual assault and rape they suffered within their families. A real revolution, like the movement MeToo launched in 2018 on social media, which the author did not expect. While her story has helped enrich the Billon bill (which aims to ban the term consent for victims of sexual assault and rape under the age of 15 and 18 for incest, editor's note), the lawyer expressed a regret. "I wish my mother saw this. Maybe she would have understood better ", she blurted out with emotion.
If she hoped to be heard, she didn’t imagine "that echo ", especially after the publication of Vanessa Springora's book entitled The consent (Editions Grasset) in which she recounts having lived a relationship of influence with the writer Gabriel Matzneff when she was a minor and he was 50. The lawyer went on to explain that her story had consequences on her life. "Regarding the personal aspect, obviously, it's a bit heavy. It's a bit violent because it is characteristic of incest. It's people I love, people who are close to me, they are my family, so I put my foot in it ". However, Camille Kouchner rejoiced at the repercussions of her book "on the universal aspect" that she finds "magnificent".
Camille Kouchner congratulates the release of speech
"I get a lot of letters from the book, a lot of emails… I know that for the victims it is very, very hard ", she explained. The mother of the family greeted "this movement called liberation of speech" who is "the start of something". However, she recalled that this "is not enough for the victims". "Once we have spoken with the possibility of being heard (…), there are things that come back, things that we have experienced. Sometimes we remember badly and we blame ourselves. Sometimes, we remember it too much … These are very difficult times ", lamented the author. “It’s a very long road that even I have not finished. I don't speak for my brother, but I can speak to all people ", underlined Camille Kouchner. The latter was thus able "designate things with adult words", thanks to the writing of his book. This allowed him to leave his "children's words" who imprisoned him in guilt: "I wrote this book to tell my story and not to denounce someone ".
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