Organisers of the César film awards have announced that they will ban any nominees who are being investigated for sexual assault from the 2023 ceremony.
The prestigious awards show, which is scheduled to be held on 25 February, is known as France’s version of the Oscars.
This decision means that actor Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police on two allegations of rape and one of violence, will be excluded from the ceremony.
The actor, who was nominated for his role in Les Amandiers, has denied any wrongdoing.
The rule change also applies to anyone who has been convicted of such an offence in the past.
“Out of respect for the victims... it has been decided not to highlight people who may have been implicated by the judiciary in acts of violence,” the awards ceremony said in a statement, noting that this included “presumed” victims in cases under investigation.
The...
The prestigious awards show, which is scheduled to be held on 25 February, is known as France’s version of the Oscars.
This decision means that actor Sofiane Bennacer, who is being investigated by police on two allegations of rape and one of violence, will be excluded from the ceremony.
The actor, who was nominated for his role in Les Amandiers, has denied any wrongdoing.
The rule change also applies to anyone who has been convicted of such an offence in the past.
“Out of respect for the victims... it has been decided not to highlight people who may have been implicated by the judiciary in acts of violence,” the awards ceremony said in a statement, noting that this included “presumed” victims in cases under investigation.
The...
- 1/3/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Film
Veteran French actor Gerard Depardieu will remain under formal investigation for alleged rape after losing an appeal.
The decision, which was announced on Thursday (March 10) by the Paris Court of Appeal, said it won’t drop Depardieu’s indictment, which stems from accusations of rape and sexual assault filed to authorities by Charlotte Arnould, an actor and dancer in her early 20’s, in August 2018. The case was initially dropped in 2019 following a lack of evidence, but was reopened in 2020.
Depardieu, who previously said through his lawyer that he “firmly rejected” Arnould’s accusations, has been under formal investigation since Dec. 16, 2020, and filed an appeal in May 2021.
“The Paris Court of Appeal considers that there remains, at this point, some grave and consistent clues that justify that Gerard Depardieu remains indicted,” said the Paris chief prosecutor Remy Heitz in a statement sent to Variety. Following this investigation, the case will either...
The decision, which was announced on Thursday (March 10) by the Paris Court of Appeal, said it won’t drop Depardieu’s indictment, which stems from accusations of rape and sexual assault filed to authorities by Charlotte Arnould, an actor and dancer in her early 20’s, in August 2018. The case was initially dropped in 2019 following a lack of evidence, but was reopened in 2020.
Depardieu, who previously said through his lawyer that he “firmly rejected” Arnould’s accusations, has been under formal investigation since Dec. 16, 2020, and filed an appeal in May 2021.
“The Paris Court of Appeal considers that there remains, at this point, some grave and consistent clues that justify that Gerard Depardieu remains indicted,” said the Paris chief prosecutor Remy Heitz in a statement sent to Variety. Following this investigation, the case will either...
- 3/10/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
César-winning actor’s lawyer says client denies accusations.
Gérard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation on suspected rape and sexual assault charges related to incidents that allegedly took place in 2018.
French news agency Afp reported on Tuesday (February 23) that the formal investigation had begun last December but that it had only learned of it now via a source connected to the case.
Depardieu’s lawyer Hervé Temime said his client denies the accusations.
The media reported that the case is related to rape and sexual assault allegations by a young actor in her 20s, that allegedly took place at...
Gérard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation on suspected rape and sexual assault charges related to incidents that allegedly took place in 2018.
French news agency Afp reported on Tuesday (February 23) that the formal investigation had begun last December but that it had only learned of it now via a source connected to the case.
Depardieu’s lawyer Hervé Temime said his client denies the accusations.
The media reported that the case is related to rape and sexual assault allegations by a young actor in her 20s, that allegedly took place at...
- 2/23/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
César-winning actor’s lawyer says client denies accusations.
Gérard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation on suspected rape and sexual assault charges related to incidents that allegedly took place in 2018.
French news agency Afp reported on Tuesday (Feb 23) that the formal investigation had begun last December but that it had only learned of it now via a source connected to the case.
Depardieu’s lawyer Hervé Temime said his client denies the accusations.
The media reported that the case is related to rape and sexual assault allegations by a young actor in her 20s, that allegedly took place at...
Gérard Depardieu has been placed under formal investigation on suspected rape and sexual assault charges related to incidents that allegedly took place in 2018.
French news agency Afp reported on Tuesday (Feb 23) that the formal investigation had begun last December but that it had only learned of it now via a source connected to the case.
Depardieu’s lawyer Hervé Temime said his client denies the accusations.
The media reported that the case is related to rape and sexual assault allegations by a young actor in her 20s, that allegedly took place at...
- 2/23/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Amid increasing controversy, Roman Polanski has opted not to attend the upcoming French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
On Friday, the 2020 César Awards ceremony will be held in Paris, but the director, 86 — whose film An Officer and a Spy received the most nominations this year — now says he won’t show up to the event so as to avoid what he called an inevitable “public lynching.”
“We know how this evening will unfold already,” Polanski told the Afp news agency in a statement. “Activists are already threatening me with a public lynching, with some saying they are going to protest outside.
On Friday, the 2020 César Awards ceremony will be held in Paris, but the director, 86 — whose film An Officer and a Spy received the most nominations this year — now says he won’t show up to the event so as to avoid what he called an inevitable “public lynching.”
“We know how this evening will unfold already,” Polanski told the Afp news agency in a statement. “Activists are already threatening me with a public lynching, with some saying they are going to protest outside.
- 2/27/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Paris preview screening on Tuesday evening abandoned after female rights activists picket screening.
French studio Gaumont is continuing with its theatrical launch of Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy today (November 13) in the face of growing protests against its release, following a fresh rape allegation against the director.
A preview screening at the Le Champo cinema in the Latin Quarter of Paris had to be abandoned on Tuesday evening after a group of female rights activists picketed the event, brandishing slogans, reading: “Polanski rapist, cinema is complicit, public is complicit.”
French actor Louis Garrel, who plays the role...
French studio Gaumont is continuing with its theatrical launch of Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy today (November 13) in the face of growing protests against its release, following a fresh rape allegation against the director.
A preview screening at the Le Champo cinema in the Latin Quarter of Paris had to be abandoned on Tuesday evening after a group of female rights activists picketed the event, brandishing slogans, reading: “Polanski rapist, cinema is complicit, public is complicit.”
French actor Louis Garrel, who plays the role...
- 11/13/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Update: Roman Polanski’s French attorney, Hervé Témime, has issued a statement saying that the film director “most firmly contests the accusation of rape” that was raised by Valentine Monnier.
On Friday, Monnier told the French publication Le Parisien that the alleged sexual assault by Polanski was “extremely violent” and that it occurred after a ski run. The alleged incident occured at a chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland in 1975. That nation has a 20-year statute of limitations on rape.
In a letter sent to media, Témime said Polanski “will not participate in the media trial, and me neither.” He added that the allegation stems from “facts that are 45 years old. Never has this accusation been brought to Polanski’s knowledge, and neither to a judicial institution, except for a letter sent to the California prosecutor two years ago, according to Le Parisien.”
Polanski has a new film, An Officer and a Spy,...
On Friday, Monnier told the French publication Le Parisien that the alleged sexual assault by Polanski was “extremely violent” and that it occurred after a ski run. The alleged incident occured at a chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland in 1975. That nation has a 20-year statute of limitations on rape.
In a letter sent to media, Témime said Polanski “will not participate in the media trial, and me neither.” He added that the allegation stems from “facts that are 45 years old. Never has this accusation been brought to Polanski’s knowledge, and neither to a judicial institution, except for a letter sent to the California prosecutor two years ago, according to Le Parisien.”
Polanski has a new film, An Officer and a Spy,...
- 11/10/2019
- by Bruce Haring and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A French actress has come forward with new accusations that director Roman Polanski raped her at a Switzerland ski chalet in 1975.
Valentine Monnier, speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, said she was 18 years old when Polanski allegedly attacked her, ripped off her clothes and raped her following a dinner with friends at the ski chalet. The alleged incident, which Le Parisien corroborated with several people, occurred two years before Polanski’s alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles in 1977.
“Rape is a time bomb. The memory does not fade.
Valentine Monnier, speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, said she was 18 years old when Polanski allegedly attacked her, ripped off her clothes and raped her following a dinner with friends at the ski chalet. The alleged incident, which Le Parisien corroborated with several people, occurred two years before Polanski’s alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles in 1977.
“Rape is a time bomb. The memory does not fade.
- 11/9/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Roman Polanski is facing new accusations of sexual assault.
The 86-year-old director has been accused of raping French actress Valentine Monnier in 1975 when she was 18 years old, according to Le Parisien via The Guardian.
In an interview with the French newspaper, Monnier, now 62, alleged the incident occurred at Polanski’s ski chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland.
“I had no links with him, neither personal nor professional and hardly knew him,” Monnier said, adding the alleged rape was “extremely violent.”
“He pummelled me until I gave in and then raped me, making me do all sorts of things,” she claimed.
A French lawyer for Polanski,...
The 86-year-old director has been accused of raping French actress Valentine Monnier in 1975 when she was 18 years old, according to Le Parisien via The Guardian.
In an interview with the French newspaper, Monnier, now 62, alleged the incident occurred at Polanski’s ski chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland.
“I had no links with him, neither personal nor professional and hardly knew him,” Monnier said, adding the alleged rape was “extremely violent.”
“He pummelled me until I gave in and then raped me, making me do all sorts of things,” she claimed.
A French lawyer for Polanski,...
- 11/9/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
An investigation into claims of rape and sexual assault against actor Gerard Depardieu has been closed without charge in France, authorities said Tuesday. Last August, a 22-year-old French actress filed a complaint alleging that the Oscar nominee sexually assaulted and raped her that same month at one of his homes. The Paris prosecutor’s office subsequently opened an inquiry, but said today that “the numerous investigations carried out within the framework of this procedure did not make it possible to characterize the offenses alleged in all of their individual elements.”
At the time of the allegations, Depardieu’s attorney, Hervé Temime, told Afp that the actor “absolutely denies any attack, any rape” and said he regretted “the public nature of this process which poses a major prejudice to Gérard Depardieu, whose innocence I am convinced will be recognized.”
One of France’s most famous actors, Depardieu was nominated for a...
At the time of the allegations, Depardieu’s attorney, Hervé Temime, told Afp that the actor “absolutely denies any attack, any rape” and said he regretted “the public nature of this process which poses a major prejudice to Gérard Depardieu, whose innocence I am convinced will be recognized.”
One of France’s most famous actors, Depardieu was nominated for a...
- 6/4/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Roman Polanski will no longer preside over the César film awards in France, the filmmaker’s lawyer announced Tuesday. “In order not to disturb the César ceremony, which should be centered on cinema and not on its choice of host, Roman Polanski has decided not to accept the invitation,” Hervé Temime said in a statement to the media. The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, which organizes the French equivalent of the Oscars, had selected Polanski to serve in an honorary role as president last week. The appointment immediately sparked backlash, because of rape charges Polanski still faces in the U.
- 1/24/2017
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
The decision to honour director still haunted by statutory rape charge sparked controversy.
Roman Polanski has turned down an offer to preside over the 42nd edition of the French Césars on Feb 24, his lawyer told French news agency Afp on Tuesday [24].
Last week’s announcement by organising body the Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences sparked controversy in light of the 1977 charge that the director sexually-assaulted a 13-year-old girl on the fringes of a Vogue photoshoot in Los Angeles.
Alongside calls for a boycott, a petition demanding his removal from the role drew some 60,000 signatures.
A number of women’s rights groups had called for a demonstration outside the ceremony, which is due to take place in the Salle Pleyel concert hall in central Paris this year.
Laurence Rossignol, France’s Minister for Families, Children and Women, declared she was “shocked” by the academy’s decision to Polanksi. The country’s Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay refused...
Roman Polanski has turned down an offer to preside over the 42nd edition of the French Césars on Feb 24, his lawyer told French news agency Afp on Tuesday [24].
Last week’s announcement by organising body the Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences sparked controversy in light of the 1977 charge that the director sexually-assaulted a 13-year-old girl on the fringes of a Vogue photoshoot in Los Angeles.
Alongside calls for a boycott, a petition demanding his removal from the role drew some 60,000 signatures.
A number of women’s rights groups had called for a demonstration outside the ceremony, which is due to take place in the Salle Pleyel concert hall in central Paris this year.
Laurence Rossignol, France’s Minister for Families, Children and Women, declared she was “shocked” by the academy’s decision to Polanksi. The country’s Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay refused...
- 1/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
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