Dominique Besnehard in turmoil? The producer is accused of sexual assault by several men. After the investigation of The Obs published on Friday March 1, 2024, which gave voice to men from the #MeTooGarçons movement, others broke the silence in the press. And there are several of them targeting a certain Dominique Besnhehard. In fact, the media HuffPost thus relayed on Friday March 1, 2024 the story of actor Farouk Benalleg, who claims to have been a victim of the producer in 1994. At the time, the one who played a small role in the film The Three Wise Men with Didier Bourbon in 2001, was just launching his career. The facts allegedly took place after a concert at the Olympia and a dinner with Catherine Deneuve in the streets of Paris “I went from heaven to hell, in a secondhe declared to the HuffPost. We men are told ‘It’s easy, you can put your fist to your face’. But if I had done it, it was dead for me, professionally! And you see me, with my 1m90 height, going to the cops to say ‘I was attacked by Dominique Besnehard’?”
Pierre Bégué: “I’m ashamed of letting myself be kissed”
Pierre Bégué claims to have also been a victim of the producer of the series Ten percent. The man who now works as a real estate agent claims to have abandoned acting after crossing paths with the man. An experience following which he had to undergo several psychoanalysis sessions. In 2017, he sent the following email to Dominique Besnehard: “It’s been ten years since I am ashamed of having allowed myself to be kissed, touched and abused in my weakness or my naivety. Certainly you don’t have me raped but, even so many years later, I suffer and will suffer forever from having been considered like a piece of meat… I see you all the time on TV, praised in the reports, and my sufferings come back to life with each of your appearances.”
Dominique Besnehard denies “abusing his power”
Contacted by HuffPostDominique Besnehard, 70, denied having used his position to obtain favors from actors. “I might have hit on them, so what? he told Pure Player. You have to be careful today under the pretext of #MeToo, we say and do anything! Aurélien Wiik, yes it’s serious, it’s rape. What do you blame me for? For flirting? Flirting is one thing, abusing your power is another. Never in my life have I promised a role in exchange for a favor!” Dominique Besnehard remains presumed innocent of the facts pending a court decision.