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POLITICS – His comments caused an outcry but he did not go back on it. Emmanuel Macron said this Tuesday, January 16, that he did not ” no regrets “ for having defended the presumption of innocence of the actor Gérard Depardieu, indicted for rape and targeted by several complaints, while regretting not “not having said enough regarding the importance of women’s voices” victims of violence “is important”.
“I have no regrets for having defended the presumption of innocence for a public figure, an artist in this case, as I did for political leaders”, declared the head of state at a press conference. He had already defended the actor at the end of December, greeting in “C à Vous” on France 5 and “huge actor” Who “makes France proud”and denouncing “a manhunt”.
But Emmanuel Macron still conceded, during his press conference on January 16, that he “one regret at that moment is not having said enough how important the words of women who are victims of this violence are and how important this fight is for me”.
Words condemned
The Head of State, interviewed on December 20 on the set of “C à Vous” had only mentioned the alleged victims briefly and had mainly focused on defending the actor by denouncing “ a manhunt » : « You can accuse someone, and maybe there are victims, and I respect them and I want them to be able to defend their rights, but there is also the presumption of innocence that exists,” he said.
“I am a great admirer of Gérard Depardieu. (…) And I tell him as President of the Republic but also as a citizen, he makes France proud.” Comments condemned by politicians and artists in several forums and causing unease, including in his own camp.
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