Accused of rape, actor and comedian Ary Abittan is under judicial control. This calls into question the promotion of his show and two highly anticipated films.
Faced with serious and consistent clues, actor Ary Abittan was indicted for rape. He is currently under judicial supervision. The promotion of his show appears to be on hold, the time according to relatives to find “a communication strategy to consider the after”. The runs of November 3 and 4, 2021 of his one man show have been canceled. These cancellations could call into question his tour, initially scheduled from December 2021 until 2023.
In addition to the questioning of his show, threats hover over the promotion of the films in which the actor plays. First, in the third installment of the saga What did we do to the good Lord, the first two of which were a big box office success. What have we all done to the good Lord? is scheduled to hit theaters on February 2, 2022. According to information from Closer, the producers held a crisis meeting to develop a promotion strategy that could exclude Ary Abittan, who remains presumed innocent. Same questions from the side of the team of another very general public cinema meeting: the film Ducobu president, expected for April 2022. As for Claude Lelouch’s next film, Love is better than life, expected for January 2022, could also see his promotion upset.
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Ari Abittan’s public withdrawal strategy
This possible eviction is a way of allowing judicial time to take place, without adding to the media turmoil. It can also allow the presumed victim, now much criticized, to be preserved. As a reminder, withdrawing from public life for a while is a strategy already adopted more or less voluntarily by other personalities. Example at the beginning of the year 2021, at the time of the scandal related to the Duhamel affair: the latter had ended up resigning from the functions he occupied. “Being the object of personal attacks, and desirous of preserving the institutions in which I work, I put an end to my functions”, he wrote on Twitter in January 2021. Others do not make this choice, like the actor Richard Berry. Accused of incest by his daughter Coline, he is currently performing in the theater, in particular to read a text by the feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi.
In the United States, where the #MeToo movement started, there are many cases of actors who have been quiet after accusations of rape or sexual assault. This is for example the case of Kevin Spacey, accused of assault by several young men. Since 2017, his career was at a standstill but his return to the screen is scheduled for 2021. Proof, if necessary, that accusations of sexual violence do not destroy the careers of the men concerned, as sometimes claimed. critics of feminism movements.