New authorized twist within the “Extra investigation” case on Gérard Depardieu. The Paris legal courtroom dismissed Yann Moixwhich accused the Hikari firm of getting used photographs belonging to it and contested the circumstances of manufacturing of the report broadcast on France Télévisions.
The author sued the manufacturing firm for “breach of belief” and “hid work”. Present alongside Gérard Depardieu during the trip to North Korea throughout which the photographs had been shot, Yann Moix maintained that this journey was a part of a fictional mission and that sure sequences utilized by Hikari belonged to him.
Feedback sexualizing a baby
In its resolution, the courtroom considers that Yann Moix “confirmed dangerous religion” and that he was “not the proprietor of the photographs shot by Hikari”. Justice additionally considers that “there was no working relationship between him and this firm”. “It’s a well mannered manner of claiming that Yann Moix lied from the beginning,” reacted producer Anthony Dufour. This states that “two authorized expertises affirm that Gérard Depardieu sexualizes a little girl », central level of the report.
Earlier than withdrawing from his prosecution on April 17, Gérard Depardieu also contested the editing of the documentary. His lawyer, Me Jérémie Assous, asserted particularly that the gritty remarks made by the actor in a North Korean stud farm had been aimed toward an grownup lady off-camera, and never a baby seen on display.
A name already introduced
Me Jérémie Assous, who nonetheless represents Yann Moix, indicated that the author was interesting “all civil provisions”. In accordance with him, this new process will enable the courtroom of attraction to look at “parts and particulars not dropped at the eye of the courtroom”. Nonetheless, the Hikari firm, its director Anthony Dufour and France Télévisions had been additionally dismissed of their request for damages, the courtroom discovering that Yann Moix had not acted with the intention of inflicting hurt.
Broadcast on France Télévisions, the report “The Fall of the Ogre” brought on a media shock wave. Along with sexist remarks attributed to Gérard Depardieu, the actress Charlotte Arnould reiterated her accusations of rape, whereas a number of girls testified to sexual assault.
