The news had the effect of a bomb in the small world of French cinema. Actor Richard Berry is indeed accused of incest by his eldest daughter Coline. American singer Jeane Manson, who lived with Richard Berry between 1984 and 1986 is also the subject of this complaint. Coline Berry has indeed related, first in a long message published on Instagram Wednesday, February 3, 2021, then in the columns of the World on the same day, the kisses "with the tongue" and the "sex games" in which she would have been forced to participate between her 8 and 10 years: "He was showing me how his cock could move. Obviously, I was little, I was like, 'Ah, he can move his cock.' Later I understood that when a man's penis moves, it means that he is erect ", she explained.
At the time, Jeane Manson was already the mother of a little girl, named S. "When the couple had custody of the children on the weekend, it happened to them, the morning after their lovemaking, to invite them to the parental room for sexual games. The complainant's father would then have offered to playing an orchestra with your sexual organs and those of your partner (penis, breasts), both adults being naked. (…) Ms. Coline Berry would therefore have been forced to'put your mouth on Mr. Berry's cock, all in the presence of the other child, and repeatedly ", also details the complaint filed with the Paris prosecutor's office on Thursday, January 21, 2021. According to Coline Berry, the 70-year-old director had also taken the habit of walking around naked at home.
Richard Berry and Jeane Manson deny
A version of the facts firmly denied by Richard Berry who denounced "absolute lies" as well as by his ex-wife. The 70-year-old American initially spoke in a statement through her lawyer and then on the set of Do not touch My TV Wednesday 3 February 2021: "During the short time I spent with her, at no time did I know of any incestuous act on Richard's part. I denounce this unhealthy inquisition. It is a matter between a father and a girl who can not understand each other. This is not my story ".
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