“Judith Godrèche made me her scapegoat”: accused of rape by the actress, Jacques Doillon speaks for the first time

Director Jacques Doillon, accused by several women of rape of a minor, sexual assault and sexual harassment, speaks for the first time.

Since February 6, the day Judith Godrèche filed a complaint for rape of a minor under 15, French director and producer Jacques Doillon has been in turmoil. For the first time, Jacques Doillon responds to accusations to which he is the subject from our colleagues at Parisien.

"I felt amazed"

If the director decides to speak now, it's not for nothing. "I've heard some nasty things on me and no one saw fit to listen to what I had to say, he explained.

Concerning Judith Godrèche's complaint, which has since received unprecedented media coverage, Jane Birkin's former companion is clear. "When I learned of Judith Godrèche's accusations, I felt astonishment, amazement and anger. < em>I never had an intimate relationship with Judith Godrèche. I was never attracted to her. Nothing happened with Judith in an office or anywhere else, he said. -he affirmed.

The filmmaker adds that the actress was not 14 years old at the time of the events, but 16. Pay slips of several technicians dating from the year of filming (1988 ) corroborate these statements.

Isild Le Besco, the actress who plans to file a complaint against Jacques Doillon but also Benoît Jacquot, accuses him of "psychological and physical violence& ;quot;. She adds that he allegedly fired her from a film after she refused his advances. "One day, a technician from Sade told me that filming had finished a week ago. Furious, I called Isild to tell her that I no longer wanted to film with her because she had lied to me. It’s a story that she invents or that someone suggests to her", he disputes.

A "pack effect"

Jacques Doillon, who is the subject of other accusations, notably by Anna Mouglalis and Jessica Tharaud, categorically denies all the facts with which he is accused. "I have never promised a role to anyone or taken advantage of my position as director to obtain sexual favors. In 35 films, it happened once or twice that I had romances with actresses, but I was not a stalker", he castigates the Parisian.

"Judith Godrèche opened the ball and made me her scapegoat. The other accusations followed. It seems that the pack effect described in psychology applies here perfectly. If I was the horrible man that Judith Godrèche says I am, her call for witnesses should have generated many more testimonies", he stressed.