Guest on the set of Quelle époque! to talk about a documentary devoted to behind the scenes of the series “Alphonse”, Pauline Desmonts spoke about the accusations of violence against her companion.
The 44-year-old director Nicolas Bedos will be tried in September 2024 for “sexual assault” and “sexual harassment”. On July 18, 2023, several women testified against him in Mediapart. One of the complainants speaks of touching and non-compliance with consent in a nightclub, where the man allegedly repeatedly placed his hands on her even though she had expressed a “no”. Another complainant reports more serious facts. She mentions in particular an evening in Neuilly (Hauts-de-Seine) twenty years ago, during which the director would be “gone into a tailspin” and allegedly “grabbed her by the throat, pinned her against the wall” after she refused his advances. Although the person concerned today benefits from the presumption of innocence, he has not spoken out about these accusations since the beginning of the investigation.
Saturday January 20, 2024, his companion, Pauline Desmonts, was present on the set of What an era!. While she directed the documentary Everything but boredom: behind the scenes of Alphonseavailable on YouTube, she was invited to react to the accusations of violence to which her companion is the subject. “When he tells you no [qu’il n’est à l’origine d’aucune violence, NDLR], do you believe it? » Léa Salamé asked him. ” I know it. I know him. I saw it. I know what states he might have gotten into, and fortunately it’s not every day. The rest of the time, it’s someone who works a lot, and it’s really something that is contextualized to the evening, and even at the end of the evening »replied the person concerned, for whom only the excesses of the night can explain the outrages of her dear one. ” He can be obnoxious, excessive, provocative, but he is not a sexual assaulter”, she insisted. For the former marketing manager, the lack of promotion of the series Alphonse, carried out by Nicolas Bedos, is part of a process of “cancellation which does not speak its name”.
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“Yes, yes, yes”, react Internet users, virulent towards the partner of Nicolas Bedos
On X (formerly Twitter), when it did not exasperate subscribers, this point of view surprised them to say the least. ” The wife of Nicolas Bedos who comes to defend him by saying that he is an alcoholic, a drug addict, odious and angry…but not a sexual assaulter… great defense, LOL”, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, anti-Semites are bad. Yes, yes, yes, the racists are low-key. Yes, yes, yes, my husband’s series, is it demolished? It’s a special treat”, some people had fun. Less inclined to humor, others pointed out the show’s lack of bias: ” Eventually, What an era! is a kind of court to defend the interests of the big family? Is this public service? »“But this display of defense for the privileged on public service, is that okay, indecency, Léa Salamé? » could we also read on the network. It is not certain that the young woman’s documentary will win all the votes.
Camille Bonvalet has an interest in societal subjects and feminist issues. She is also passionate about literature. Versatile, she appreciates the prose of Flaubert as much as that of Michel…