The actress and director Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi denounced this Friday a “media lynching” after the publication of a journalistic investigation Release about the actor Sofiane Bennacer, about the poster of his film the almond trees and charged with acts of rape and violence.
“To this day, everyone knows that he has not been tried, and such a process is, in my opinion, a pure media lynching, a process far removed from a desire to report objectively and impartially,” wrote the director of the film in a statement. Press release.
The actress and director – who would be the actor’s “companion” according to Liberation and Le Parisien – also confirms that she had “awareness” of the “rumors” that the young actor was subjected to during filming.
“rumors”
“My producers expressed fears and reluctance, but I told them that these rumors did not stop me and that I could not consider doing the film without him,” she added, indicating that she was “artistically impressed by Sofiane Bennacer from the first second of the casting” of her movie.
The directors “trusted me, in the respect they cultivate for their directors’ artistic choices. I thank you and take full responsibility for my choice. Then we learned that a complaint had been filed, ”he explains again.
And say “outraged that a newspaper like Liberación can trample to such an extent the presumption of innocence.”
On Friday morning, Patrick Sobelman, one of the film’s two producers. the almond trees He assured that the production did not know anything about these facts before hiring him.
Revelation of the latest film by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Sofiane Bennacer, 25, who claims her innocence, is the subject of several accusations. Two for acts of rape of two ex-partners as well as a third “accusation of violence against the spouse.”
As part of a fourth complaint filed by another ex-girlfriend who reported acts of rape, Sofiane Bennacer was placed under the more favorable status of assisted witness.
Source: BFM TV
