TW: Emmanuelle Debever, who alleged Gérard Depardieu sexually assaulted her, takes own life aged 60
Emmanuelle Debever, French Actress Who Alleged Gérard Depardieu Sexually Assaulted Her, Takes Own Life Aged 60 https://t.co/OPp8VcJgzg
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) December 14, 2023
TW: suicide, SA
Emmanuelle Debever, a French actress, has died by suicide aged 60. She passed away on December 7 after jumping into the Seine river. The same day that a TV show documenting the sexual assault allegations against Gérard Depardieu was broadcast. It included allegations from Debever. She accused Depardieu of assault during the filming of Andrzej Wajda’s 1982 period drama Danton.
She was the first to accuse Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault. In 2019, Debever wrote a short message on Facebook, accusing Depardieu of “sliding his fat paw under my skirt” as they rode in a carriage on set, adding: “I didn’t allow it to happen.”
Depardieu has been accused of a series of sexual assaults, all of which he denies. Earlier this year, investigative news website Médiapart published an in-depth report detailing allegations by 13 women. Another two allegations were reported by French radio station France Inter over the summer.
As of now French actresses Hélène Darras and Charlotte Arnould are the only two women who have publicly filed official complaints. Darras in relation to events on the set of the 2007 dance comedy Disco and Arnould accusing Depardieu of rape.
In October, Depardieu published an open letter denying all the allegations against him in Le Figaro newspaper.
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