In May 2023, guest on the show Quotidien, director Maïwenn (“Jeanne du Barry”) admitted to having attacked journalist Edwy Plenel, founder of Mediapart. The Paris police court delivered its verdict on January 16, 2024.
Updated January 16, 2024:
Maïwenn was fined 400 euros this Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the Paris police court for having attacked the co-founder of Mediapart last February. She was also sentenced to one euro in moral damages for the founder of Médiapart and 1,500 euros in moral damages for Mediapart. The public prosecutor had requested a fine of 700 euros.
As France Info specifies, aïwenn refused to apologize to the founder of Médiapart: “I don’t apologize and I don’t regret. No violent act could have compensated for what I experienced. My behavior does not match the upheaval that it was in my life, what Médiapart did to me“.
Initial article, published on May 11, 2023:
Guest of the show Daily, Maïwenn admitted to having attacked the journalist Edwy Plenel, founder of Mediapart. Edwy Plenel filed a complaint against the actress, screenwriter and director last March for events that occurred at the end of February.
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“According to the complaint filed on March 7 and consulted by AFP, the journalist from the investigative site explained that he was dining with a lawyer in a restaurant on February 22. “A woman, previously seated, alone, at a table (…) appeared and in a very short space of time grabbed the latter by the hair with violence, throwing his head back and spitting on his face “, it is written in the deposition“, reported PureMédias.
On the set of Quotidien, this Wednesday, May 10, Maïwenn spoke for the first time on the subject: “I did not receive the complaint; I learned about it in the press.“
Relaunched by Yann Barthès: “And you attacked him?”, Maïwenn responded in the affirmative, with a smile, provoking laughter in the audience. New relaunch from the presenter: “Can we know why?“, she answers “No no“.
“Why can’t we know?“”Nice try, but now is not the time for me to talk about it. I’ll talk about it when the time is right. I am very anxious about the release of my film.”
This news in the news section comes as Maïwenn is in the spotlight with the imminent opening of the Cannes Film Festival, during which her new feature film (see trailer above), Jeanne du Barry, will be present. Maïwenn shares the bill with Johnny Depp. Jeanne du Barry will be released simultaneously throughout France, at the same time as its presentation in Cannes, on Tuesday May 16.