“She dares to greet me in the presence of my husband, even though she tried to rape me.” Adriana Karembeu returns to the attack of the French director.

He started his acting career in 2004 Three little girls. After a childhood in Czechoslovakia marked by her father’s abuse, Adriana Karembeu, who became a model, presenter and actress, managed to achieve international fame. He, who is now 52 years old, still told in his autobiography Free, published this Thursday, May 2, by Editions Leduc, a traumatic episode that occurred while he was “shyly navigating the world of cinema.” “One day my agent offered me to meet a director for a project,” he writes in the book Remote entertainment was able to consult. I’m going to his house alone for the meeting, I’m so naive that I don’t suspect because it’s noon.

But Adriana Karembeu would be disappointed very quickly. “I rang his doorbell,” he recalls. The director, who already has several films, welcomes me with a smile, invites me to come in and sit down.” Before continuing. “After a short discussion about the script, he gets up and approaches me on the sofa. He puts his hand on his knee, then suddenly jumps on me, kissing me fiercely. I can feel his saliva on my face and chest.’ His blood will only flow once then. “I push him hard, shocked that he dared to attack me,” she explained. I am 35 years old and I have found the strength to fight and run away from this notorious predator. If I were 20 years old, I think I would be more deeply affected.”

“He acts as if nothing happened”

Back home, Adriana Karembeu then remained “humbled” for several hours. And do not mention this attack to anyone, in order to send it to the obscurity of his memory as quickly as possible. Years later, however, the model would tell the story to her agent. “I should have warned, he is borderline sometimes, his reputation precedes him,” he retorts. A reaction that disgusts the main stakeholder. This traumatic encounter also catches her when she is having dinner with her husband. “A few days later, when I’m still silent about this attack, we have a romantic dinner at a restaurant,” she adds. And there, like a punch in the stomach, I see this French director cross the threshold, walk to our table, act absolutely as if nothing happened. As if nothing had happened.’

And the actress was upset. “She dares to greet me in front of my husband with her licentious air when he tried to rape me. I remain steadfast, even though deep down I am screaming with all my might.” In 2020, Adriana Karembeu already told the podcast Parents first a “bitter and disgusting experience” that occurred during her career with a man she did not name. “It happened to me,” he said at the time. It wasn’t nice, it was pretty scary. But I was old enough. I wasn’t 20, I was about 35. I did very well. He wasn’t a significant man in my life, so it was probably easier. “Hmmm, I sent it,” he said modestly. Since then, Adriana Karembeu has appeared in several films and series, namely Asterix at the Olympics (2008).