French actor Richard Berry has been accused by one of his daughters, Coline, of rape as a child, while he denies the “dirty accusation” and says he has never had an incestuous relationship with her or any of the other sons. hers.
According to various French media, the complaint for rape, sexual assault and corruption of minors by Coline Hiegel Berry, who is now 45 years old, against the actor and his former stepmother, the American singer Jeane Manson, was formalized in January and last week the investigation was commissioned from the Paris Police Juvenile Brigade.
Berry, 70, has been an excellent figure on the French screen and on stage for more than four decades, having starred in nearly 80 films (such as Bertrand Tavernier’s “L’Appat” or shit ”, by Miguel Courtois).
He has also directed six films and is also a prolific performer on television and on stage (especially in the classic Comédie-Française).
Le Point magazine pointed out that the applicant, who had received the support of her mother, actress Catherine Hiegel, had to give a statement in the coming days for some events that could be prescribed.
In a long message posted on social media on Tuesday, Berry denies “with all his force and without ambiguity these dirty accusations”, which “although repeated a hundred times in the press or otherwise, are nothing but a lie” .
In his message, he explains that it was seven years ago, when he announced to his family that he would have a child at a time when Coline was pregnant, they “reacted with extreme violence” and sent him an e-mail. mail to his wife later in which he “alluded” to the fact that he had been abused.
To try to prove the inconsistency of the allegations, she points out that her daughter’s story “has evolved over time” and that although she tried to talk to her and told the case to friends, psychiatrists and family members, she failed to understand. what’s wrong.
This complaint comes in a context in which the testimony of an alleged incest committed by the famous political scientist Olivier Duhamel, revealed by a book published by his stepdaughter, Camille Kouchner, served in France for many alleged victims to talk about it.
Camille Kouchner, the daughter of former French minister Bernard Kouchner, tells in the “Great Family” how Duhamel abused his twin brother Antoine as a teenager, a matter that is the subject of a judicial investigation.