Associated Newspapers pays damages for revealing Sand Van Roy as Luc Besson accuser

[hewontgo]

Associated Newspapers pays damages for revealing Sand Van Roy as Luc Besson accuser https://t.co/89BXSraqFc
- Guardian news (@guardiannews) May 21, 2021
Associated Newspapers has paid substantial damages and apologised to actor Sand Van Roy for revealing her identity as a complainant in a rape case against the French film director Luc Besson

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[doubtmars]

Exactly. From his wiki:

Besson's second wife was actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco, whom he started dating when he was 31 and she was 15.[26] They were married in late 1992 when Le Besco, 16, was pregnant with their daughter Shanna, who was born on 3 January 1993.[27] Le Besco later claimed that their relationship inspired Besson's film Léon (1994), where the plot involved the emotional relationship between an adult man and a 12-year-old girl.[26] Their marriage ended in 1997, when Besson became involved with actress Milla Jovovich during the filming of The Fifth Element (1997). He married the 21-year-old on 14 December 1997, at the age of 38, but they divorced in 1999.[28]

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[altheablue]

This is awful. No journalist integrity whatsoever, and it must be terrifying for her.

I was just talking earlier to someone irl about the right of anonymity for victims of sexual assault and how the press often doesn't give a damn as long as they can get clicks. There's an ongoing case here where the son of a political figure was implied in a gang rape, and the father immediately took to social media to insult the woman to his huge following, slutshaming her and calling her a liar, and you can bet the media amplified all of it in the worst possible way. I can't imagine how horrifying it must be for women living with the consequences of sexual assault, and having to deal with public scrutiny and threats on top of that. People fucking suck.

[therearewords]

Situations like these are a double whammy of crap: journalist integrity who and installing even more fear in women for speaking up.

[ohwutevernvm]

This is so fucked up 🤬 fuck them. Unforgivable. I hope she’s doing alright and keep slayin!

[genbu_no_miko24]

Poor girl. Speaking up can damage can actor career.

I remember a prominent french casting agent(?) saying Adele Haenel would never work in this town again after walking off at the Cesar awards after Polanski won an award. Idk if this casting agent actually went through with it but you see how the threats of it are def made.