“I shot Victoria Abril on sight”: Lucie Lucas regrets her accusations of sexual assault

“Victoria took for everyone else, I shouldn’t have made it the personalization of the problem.” After accusing Victoria Abril of sexual assault, actress Lucie Lucas regrets having specifically targeted the one who plays her mother on screen in the series Clem, in a press release published on Instagram this Friday, December 29. “The media, social networks and the violence of positions without nuance push us towards behavior worthy of the Wild West,” regrets Lucie Lucas. I gave in too, I shot Victoria Abril on sight and I’m not proud of it.”

The actress lost her temper on the same social network after discovering that Victoria Abril was one of the signatories of the column, published in Le Figaro, calling not to “erase” Gérard Depardieu, accused of rape and sexual assault. “Huh Victoria... Do you want us to talk about your numerous attacks, including sexual assaults, against your partners? Lucie Lucas had said. Come to think of it, I'm not surprised that you signed this rag... You're freaking out too and when you think about it, you're absolutely right. That’s enough of the delirium.”

Cold, the 37-year-old actress explains that she observed “on film sets, including sometimes that of Clem, behaviors which deeply shocked [her], without mentioning names”. “More than once, abused people have also been in the position of abusers.” And to regret having attacked Victoria Abril personally, when she wanted to denounce a "systemic [...] problem".

“I can no longer stand for the powerful to protect themselves,” insists Lucie Lucas, while recalling her attachment to Victoria Abril, with whom she has been filming Clem since 2010. “She largely trained me as an actress and supported me through difficult times.” Through her lawyer, her “movie mom” announced that she wanted to file a complaint for defamation.