After recounting the filmmaker’s influence in his book Say it rightThe actress filed a complaint for rape and rape of a minor over 15 years old on Wednesday, May 29.
He finally started speaking. On Wednesday, May 29, Isilde Le Besco filed a complaint against Benoit Jacoit for rape and rape of a minor over 15 years of age with the Juvenile Protection Brigade of the Paris Judicial Police. in the columns of Set free , the director admits that by submitting this complaint he was again “forced to act”. An effort that, he says, was overpowered by the sense of “moral imperative” it represented.
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“The word rape is reductive”
With this filing of the complaint, Isilde Le Besco continues what she has begun to publish Say it right, May 1. A book in which she recounts her relationship with Benoît Jacquet between the ages of 16 and 24 and deciphers the director’s control over her. But even though she put her story on paper, filing a complaint was otherwise difficult for the principal. “Even though I wrote this word ‘rape’ in my book, it’s hard for me to say to myself. “I’m going to the police to file a complaint.” I’m really afraid of this moment, “he confided Set free. And if Maiven’s sister accuses the film director of rape, the facts go far beyond her. “To say that Benoit raped me is obvious,” she explains. But the word “rape” is reductive. We imagine a physical act, a girl being taken by force, even though she doesn’t want to. Before physically abusing me, Benoit abused my mind. He’s been in there since the start of filming Sade, then a little more, day by day, until I am completely captivated. I was a teenager and I gave him my full trust. He replaced my father, my mother, any authoritative figure. In this way, his rape is also incestuous.” Let’s remind that at the time of her first meeting with Benoit Jaco, Isilde Le Besco was 16 years old, the director was 52 years old.
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Before Isilde Le Besco, another woman also filed a complaint against Benoit Jacoit, Judith Godrech. On February 6, almost a month after condemning the director’s behavior, the actress filed a complaint against him for “violent rape of a minor under the age of 15” by a public figure. As mentioned Set freeIsilde Le Besco’s complaint is added to Judith Godrech’s complaint regarding the preliminary investigation. “Crimes of rape of a minor under the age of 15 by a person with the right”. so it opened.
Source: Le Figaro
