In the Richard Berry affair which shook the whole of France, the Jeane Manson's name was cited. Coline Berry, who accuses her father of incest, has in fact also filed a complaint against the singer (his partner at the time) for complicity. The latter screams her innocence and assures not to have seen anything during the time spent at the side of Richard Berry. And in his book An American in Paris, published in 2011 by Editions du Rocher, Jeane manson had described in detail her complicated relationship with her ex. This one started with him "put pressure" for her to leave her then-husband and sit with him. "His intimation was clear: I had to divorce", she writes, as reported Here is. She left California to settle in France with Richard Berry, who gives her a lot of advice in his profession. "After helping me progress in my acting profession, Richard also wanted to take my life in hand and change me", she says in her book."He didn't like my friends or the way I worked, he was critical of most of my professional relationships. According to him, I was doing it wrong in many areasSo my self-confidence was slowly collapsing."
Control over his whole life
Richard Berry would have been up to impose a certain appearance on it : "I shouldn't smile when my picture was taken, an actress never smiles, it seems. I had to be dressed strictly, my blouses neatly buttoned up to the neck. Make-up was prohibited, or at least it had to be as light as possible. I also had to sing without too much smile. I had no choice, I had to follow his advice or prepare for incessant reproach". In addition to these invective, jealousy and violence creep more and more into their relationship: "I had to follow him like his shadow without making any to him. Whenever we were around other people, he felt the need to shine at my expense. From passionate, our relationship became conflictual". She recounts a tour in Reunion in 1984, during which Richard Berry would have enraged several times: "I was the star and he couldn't take it", guesses Jeane Manson."I felt locked and chained, like a fly in a carefully woven spider's web."Finally, she realizes that she has to leave to save herself:"He was driving and he accelerated until he drove me crazy. He drove at over 150 km / h on winding roads bordered by vertiginous ravines. I was scared to death.“At the end of the line, the singer ended up throwing her ring out the window, understanding that it was all over. Richard Berry remains presumed innocent of the facts of which he is accused until the end of the case.
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