Jacques Doillon “has decided to file a complaint for defamation” against actress Judith Godrèche for her “vile” comments, the filmmaker’s lawyer, Marie Dosé, announced Thursday in a press release to AFP. “Following the avalanche of comments profoundly attacking the dignity and probity of Jacques Doillon made by Judith Godrèche, he decided to file a complaint for defamation,” writes the lawyer. “Daring to publicly assert, as she did again on February 21, that he would have “slept with children” who appeared in his films is despicable and beyond comprehension,” she added.
On social media on Wednesday evening, the actress cited a press article, writing: “In 2022, this newspaper writes that Doillon’s specialty is filming with children.” “There’s one sentence missing: ‘Who’s he sleeping with,’” she accuses. Marie Dosé “recalls that Jacques Doillon has still not been heard as part of the preliminary investigation and that his presumption of innocence has been violently flouted for weeks. He will not allow himself to be soiled like this without reacting,” she adds.
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According to press information, Judith Godrèche could speak on Friday during the César ceremony. However, this has not been confirmed by the actress, nor by the César Academy, nor by Canal which is broadcasting this evening. “Whether I go to the Césars or not, we don’t care,” the actress reacted on Instagram on Wednesday.
The actress Isild Le Besco, who had already spoken out against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon following Judith Godrèche, plans to file a complaint against these two directors, we learned Thursday from her lawyer Benjamin Chouai, confirming information from the newspaper Le Parisien.
