Ukrainian model Sawa Pontyjska has filed a complaint against the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival for being “brutally restrained” on the red carpet after walking up the stairs on May 21.
The scene that took place before the film screening. Marcello Mio, was filmed and widely spread on social networks. We see the young woman at the top of the stairs of the Festival Palace trying to go down and being restrained in a rather muscular manner by a security agent.
Sawa Pontyjska also documented the filing of the complaint on social media. We see her on the steps of the judicial court in Cannes, with her complaint in her hand.
100,000 euros in damages
“May 21, 2024, at 7 p.m., at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. However, as I attempted to walk on the red carpet at the top of the stairs, I was violently interrogated by a group of security officers,” the document reads. , which also indicates that he claims 100,000 euros in damages.
In a video published on Wednesday, May 29, on her Instagram account, the young woman denounces “brutality” and “excessive use of physical force” by Cannes security. She says she is looking for a lawyer and wants to attack the festival organizers for having “authorized them to use physical force against red carpet guests.”
He also refers to international stars who, he says, have suffered the same inconveniences on the red carpet. Singer Kelly Rowland was also filmed exchanging words on the same day with the same security guard after he was asked to move forward as she walked up the stairs.
Various incidents
The American singer told the Associated Press, commenting on the incident:
“There were other women on that carpet who really didn’t look like me, and they weren’t scolded or pushed or asked to get off.”
Other celebrity videos have attracted attention this year. That of the Korean singer and member of the K-pop group Girl’s Generation, Yoona, who was also invited to speed up her climb of stairs a little, while she took a moment to say hello.
The Dominican actress Massiel Taveras was also ordered to advance, who was trying to show off her immense train with the image of Jesus on the steps.
Source: BFM TV
