Great support. In a column published in the columns The Sunday Journalthis December 17, the family of Gérard Depardieu defended the actor targeted by complaints for rape and sexual assault and victim of a “cabal” after the broadcast of an issue of Complément d’investigation on France 2. “Of course, we are often shocked by Gérard’s words, but our father/grandfather/uncle is delivered to an unprecedented cabal, after the monstrous manipulation practiced by a journalist who did not hesitate to rummage through the trash to fish out the images from the footage of the film Yann Moix filmed in North Korea.”, wrote his children Julie, Roxane and Jean, his niece Delphine, and his ex-wife Élisabeth Guignot. The day after this publication, Julie Depardieu agreed to return to this affair when she came to the set of the show Time for the pros 2broadcast this Monday, December 18 on CNews.
“What else can I say? Frankly, it’s an unprecedented manhunt (…). As I said in the column, he is someone who has great freedom of speech.”, she confided a bit annoyed to Pascal Praud’s microphone. And to continue: “Sometimes, as a child I am ashamed, but is a word worth more? When he says things like that, does that mean he does them? Often, the more you say, the less you do. Finally, they are proverbs”. Philippe Katerine’s partner said “very surprised by the violence and rejection against this man we idolized.” During this interview, the journalist recalled that “the family behind Gérard Depardieu cannot imagine, what some women sometimes accuse him of”. The response from the 50-year-old actress was not long in coming. “I respect the presumption of innocence. I can’t imagine at all. I can’t swear to you, because I wasn’t there.”, she assured. And to conclude: “But I can’t think so, no”.
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Julie Depardieu gives news of her father: “He left France”
After defending her father, Julie Depardieu gave his news on the set of Time for the pros 2. “There, things are better”, she first revealed to Pascal Praud. And to add: “He left France because it is very hard for him, I think about living, all these looks, all these people. He is elsewhere in Europe”. While the controversy continues to swell, the sacred monster of French cinema has not spoken on a television set, as the presenter recalled. A choice that Billy and Alfred’s mother returned to. “It’s very complicated for him, I think. For me too, I reassure you. I find this manhunt to be really disgusting. And even if it wasn’t my father, I think I would think so too. I find it amazing.”she confided.
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