As the #MeToo Movement Crosses the Atlantic, a Famous French Director Is Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault and Violence Against Two Actresses
Director Benoit Jacquot.
In the US, the #MeToo movement swept through the film industry like a wildfire, bringing some measure of justice to many victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault and other types of criminal behavior.
Now, at long last, the wave of reckoning has crossed the Atlantic and landed in France, where a well-known French film director has been handed preliminary charges of rape, sexual assault and violence.
A French judge is investigating a case against Benoît Jacquot – a director with more than 50 credits in film and television – involving female actors.
Associated Press reported:
“French actor Judith Godrèche, who alleges that Jacquot raped and physical abused her in a six-year relationship that began when she was 14 years old,
