French actress Lucie Lucas has accused Victoria April of having allegedly committed sexual assaults. The artist has shared these accusations on Instagram, regarding the controversy that has been swirling around the actor for a few days. Gerard Depardieuwhom several interpreters point out for inappropriate behavior.
Lucie Lucas, who worked with Victoria Abril on Clema series that aired between 2010 and 2018, has shown its indignation with the actress after she signed a letter in defense of Depardieu along with other personalities such as Carla Bruni o Charlotte Rampling.
“Hey, Victoria? Do you want us to talk about your numerous attacks, including sexual ones, on your colleagues? Now that I think about it, I'm not surprised that you signed that newspaper…”, noted the French interpreter, 37, about the Malaga actress, 64.
Victoria Abril has not commented on the matter, even after receiving messages on her Instagram profile for days in which She is accused of being an “complicit” and supporting “rape culture.”
“I am so disappointed to know that you signed this shameful tribune in support of Depardieu…”, “you are complicit in the atrocities he could have said or committed”, “we no longer accept people who support a representative of the culture of rape” or “I thought you were someone with values” are some of the messages that are read in the last post that the actress published in September.
France divided by Depardieu
It is not the first time that Depardieu's behavior has been judged, but the last straw that has now broken the camel's back has been the premiere of a documentary in which the actor appears making sexual and sexist comments during a trip to North Korea in 2018. For now, Thirteen women claim to have been groped, harassed and sexually assaulted by the actor. Among them, the French actress Charlotte Arnould.
However, there are those who do not support these accusations, as seen in the letter that the newspaper Le Figaro has published, and in which 56 well-known names, including Victoria Abril, They criticize “the hunt” against the artist.
“We cannot continue in silence in the face of the lynching that has fallen on him, in the face of the torrent of hatred that has been poured on him, without nuances,” is expressed in this forum in which they speak of “lynching”, His right to the presumption of innocence is defended and he is defined as a “genius”, “probably the greatest of actors” on the French scene.
“When Gérard Depardieu is attacked like that, what is attacked is the art”, reads the letter, which also reads that “disregarding this great actor would be a tragedy, a defeat, the death of art.” For his part, the artist has declared to RTL radio that he is on the sidelines of this movement, which he considers “very brave.”