Olivier Marchal has nothing to do with this story and intends to let it be known. The actor and director on Sunday denied being behind an open letter that circulated on social media last week, in the wake of Nahel’s death, and which attributed the filmmaker to virulent remarks against the place. by Omar Sy.
“I’m not so shabby and petty to write such things,” said Olivier Marchal in a video response posted on July 2, on Twitter, through his ex-wife, actress Catherine Marchal. The director denounces a false employee “for really shabby, lamentable purposes”. In a press release, his lawyers said they were taking legal action against the “authors of this heinous manipulation”.
The “open letter” shared in recent days attributed to the filmmaker an attack in good standing against Omar Sy. The star of the Lupine series was pilloried there because of “insults against French cops”. The false message – a “fake news” – has been circulating for at least 2020 on social networks, the Liberation Checknews service recalled on Monday.
The fake news impersonating Olivier Marchal resurfaced following the message of support posted on June 28 on Twitter by Omar Sy. The actor expressed his “thoughts and prayers” to Nahel’s family and loved ones, adding “that justice worthy of the name honors the memory of this child”. The death of the 17-year-old young man, killed in Nanterre by a police officer, on June 27, caused several nights of riots in Île-de-France as well as in the regions.
