Three weeks after the Duhamel affair, which broke out following the publication of Camille Kouchner's book La familia grande (Threshold Ed), It’s Richard Berry’s turn to draw the ink. The 70-year-old actor and director has been charged with rape, sexual assault and bribery of a minor by his daughter Coline, now 45. An investigation has been opened and the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM) will try to disentangle the truth from the false despite the statute of limitations of the facts which would have occurred more than 30 years ago: between his 8 and 10 years old, when his father was married to the singer Jeanne Mason. According to BFMTV, the singer would also be targeted by this complaint. On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, the 70-year-old American who was married to the comedian from 1984 to 1986 released a statement relayed by theAFP on social media, in which she firmly denied the accusations of her ex-daughter-in-law: "This approach seems to have been inspired by a daughter's strong resentment towards her father in tumultuous family relationships", she assured it.
During the evening of Wednesday February 3, 2021, Jeane Manson, who had been hospitalized in intensive care in 2020, again spoke in Do not touch My TV from his home. "I am horrified by his words", she said first before coming to the defense of her ex-husband: “I lived very little time with Richard Berry. During the short time I spent with her, at no time did I know of any incestuous facts on Richard's part. I denounce this inquisition. unhealthy It is a matter between a father and a daughter who cannot understand each other. This is not my story ".
Jeane Manson's lawyer response
Lawyer for Jeane Manson, who was on the videoconference show, explained that his client was "collapsed" by this situation. "We do not know if a complaint has really been filed or if it will be heard as a witness. On non-existent facts, I do not know what will be the support of this complaint …", he also added, before explaining that before this legal action, the two women had not seen each other for 35 yearsexcept at a dinner party in 2020. Jeane Manson's counsel insisted that his client and Richard Berry had not been in contact since the matter first arose.
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