{"id":105988,"date":"2025-03-13T22:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/dominique-besnehard-ex-agent-and-producer-criticizes-the-actresses-who-accused-harvey-weinstein-and-gerard-depardieu-in-front-of-the-deputies\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:21:10","slug":"dominique-besnehard-ex-agent-and-producer-criticizes-the-actresses-who-accused-harvey-weinstein-and-gerard-depardieu-in-front-of-the-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/dominique-besnehard-ex-agent-and-producer-criticizes-the-actresses-who-accused-harvey-weinstein-and-gerard-depardieu-in-front-of-the-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Besnehard, ex-agent and producer, criticizes the actresses who accused Harvey Weinstein and G\u00e9rard Depardieu in front of the deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/556\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/600\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/664\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/700\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/800\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"L\u2019ex-agent et producteur Dominique Besnehard pose \u00e0 son arriv\u00e9e sur le tapis rouge, pendant le Festival de Cannes, le 20\u00a0mai\u00a02024.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/4495\/2996\/664\/0\/75\/0\/15a2d01_sirius-fs-upload-1-pu26xhlmbp7z-1741901338796-2024-05-20t153818z-1527410491-up1ek5k17froa-rtrmadp-3-filmfestival-cannes-the-apprentice-premiere.JPG\" alt=\"The ex-agent and producer Dominique Besnehard poses upon arrival on the red carpet, during the Cannes festival, on May 20, 2024.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The ex-agent and producer Dominique Besnehard poses upon arrival on the red carpet, during the Cannes festival, on May 20, 2024.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Yara Nardi \/ Reuters<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Former stars agent and producer Dominique Besnehard, co -creator of the series <em>Ten percent<\/em>challenged, Thursday, March 13, the behavior of actresses who accused Harvey Weinstein or G\u00e9rard Depardieu de Rape, during a hearing hearing in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The 71 -year -old man, in the profession for fifty years, claimed to belong <em>&#8220;To the old world&#8221;<\/em>at the start of his hearing before the commission of inquiry into the violence committed in cinema. He was notably questioned about the behavior of G\u00e9rard Depardieu, with whom he worked in the past, and in favor of which he signed a petition for support, <em>&#8220;Out of loyalty&#8221;<\/em> For her daughter, Julie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Dominique Besnehard replied by implicating actress Charlotte Arnould, who accuses Depardieu of having raped her at her home. The actor was indicted in this case and the prosecution requested a trial against him. <em>&#8220;Generally, theater lessons, we do them in a theater lesson, we do not go at home with an actor&#8221;<\/em>said Besnehard about the supposed behavior of the complainant.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read the story:<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Faced with sexual violence, the examination of conscience of the institutions of French cinema, in the National Assembly <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3400706\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2024\/12\/03\/face-aux-violences-sexuelles-l-examen-de-conscience-des-institutions-du-cinema-francais-a-l-assemblee-nationale_6427396_3246.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Support for G\u00e9rard Depardieu<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">As for G\u00e9rard Depardieu, he assumes his support for a man he saw <em>&#8220;Transform&#8221;<\/em>And <em>&#8220;Vrillating after the death of his son&#8221;<\/em>Guillaume, in 2008. Dominique Besnehard said he no longer had contact with him, but recalls the <em>&#8220;Presumption of innocence&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The former most powerful agent of French cinema also discussed the Harvey Weinstein affair, the producer king of Hollywood until his resounding fall in 2017, when dozens of women accused him of harassment, sexual assault or rape, triggering the planetary shock wave #MeToo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Here again, he implicated the behavior of the complainants: <em>\u201cWhen I was an agent, I saw actresses a little exceeding the limits. We don&#8217;t go to a hotel with a director. Excuse me, Weinstein who went to Cannes, some actresses went to his room to perhaps make an American career. I saw that! I even have actresses I took care of who went there! \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also:<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    The Depardieu affair fractures the world of culture <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3354300\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2024\/01\/06\/l-affaire-depardieu-fracture-le-monde-de-la-culture_6209367_3246.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">However, he praised the courage of other actresses who, according to him, refused these kinds of proposals: <em>&#8220;I may be the person who knows the actresses best&#8221;<\/em>he added by quoting the stars <em>&#8220;Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Adjani &#8230;&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t think Isabelle Huppert, a young actress, goes to a hotel with a producer who has a bad reputation, I&#8217;m sorry&#8221;<\/em>he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">&#8220;If it&#8217;s my trial, I size myself!&#8221; \u00bb\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Despite everything, Dominique Besnehard praised <em>&#8220;The #MeToo movement&#8221;<\/em> :: <em>&#8220;It is important because now we can no longer say that we do not know&#8221;<\/em>. He wanted to underline the courage of actress No\u00e9mie Kocher, who had accused, long before the vague #MeToo, filmmaker Jean-Claude Brisseau of sexual harassment. The latter was sentenced in 2005. He died in 2019.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inread  js-services-inread\">\n<p> <span>Newsletter<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The journal of the world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each weekend, the editorial team selects the articles of the week that should not be missed<\/p>\n<p>Register<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Resumed by the president of the commission of inquiry, the deputy (the Ecologists, Paris) Sandrine Rousseau, Dominique Besnehard lost her calm, during one of the most eventful auditions since the creation of this body, who auditioned dozens of culture and cinema officials, and must make her report in a month.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also decryption |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Cannes 2024, an edition under the sign of #MeToo of French cinema <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3372439\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/culture\/article\/2024\/05\/13\/cannes-2024-une-edition-sous-le-signe-du-metoo-du-cinema-francais_6232961_3246.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;If it&#8217;s my trial, I size myself!&#8221; You stop moralizing everyone, it&#8217;s starting to do well! \u00bb\u00bb<\/em>he launched to Sandrine Rousseau. He finally stayed for more than an hour, and could hear the MP replied: <em>&#8220;Far from being morality as you have qualified, the question is how we enforce the law and the body of people. Lots of people have left cinema because of that, the cinema has lost talents<\/em> (\u2026) <em>Because there has been a form of complacency. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;You who say all the time that you are of the old days, I will conclude by saying to you:&#8221; Be at that time, Mr. Besnehard, because we also need you! &#8221; \u00bb\u00bb<\/em>added M<sup>me<\/sup> Rousseau.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ex-agent and producer Dominique Besnehard poses upon arrival on the red carpet, during the Cannes festival, on May 20, 2024. 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