French administrators Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon have been taken into police custody for questioning on accusations of sexual assault made towards them by actress and director Judith Godrèche.
French media reported that each males had been being questioned by the Paris department of France’s Brigade for the Safety of Minors.
Godrèche unleashed a recent MeToo wave in France this yr after she determined to talk out about her personal experiences of sexual abuse throughout the French cinema world as a teen.
She filed official complaints towards Jacquot and Doillon in February.
The actress and director was in a relationship with Jacquot within the late Nineteen Eighties, which she says started when she was solely 14 years outdated and he was 40.
Godrèche now condemns the connection, saying she was below Jacquot’s management, and filed a criticism of “rape with constraint” towards him in February.
On the similar time, she additionally filed a criticism towards Doillon, for “rape with violence”, associated to his habits on and off the set of the 1989 movie The 15 Yr Previous Lady.
Underneath French regulation, folks accused of a criminal offense will be held in custody for as much as 48 hours.
Each males have denied the allegations and their respective attorneys Julia Minkowski and Marie Dosé have denounced the custody measure.
