“We are speechless in the face of Depardieu’s violence,” denounces Anouk Grinberg

Anouk Grinberg reacted Monday on France Inter to the broadcast of the Supplementary investigation, Thursday December 7, devoted to the accusations of rape and sexual assault made against Gérard Depardieu. “I saw this show, it didn’t surprise me because he’s like that all the time. He didn't wait until he was in Korea to be so vulgar, so rude, so aggressive with women,” says the actress. After having appeared in two films with Gérard Depardieu and being the companion of director Bertrand Blier - who directed eight films with the actor - Anouk Grinberg came out of a long silence of 33 years on the subject, in an interview for the Elle magazine.

The actress was alongside Depardieu in the film directed by her ex-companion, Merci la vie, released in 1991. “He demolishes, he destroys people forever,” she believes. The other monstrosity is that of the people who remained indifferent.” She considers herself a collateral victim. “We are speechless in front of his violence and the violence of others who are silent and who laugh,” she confides.

The actress was one of the first to support Charlotte Arnould, this young woman who filed a complaint this year against her “little cinema father”. The 28-year-old actress accuses him of having raped her in August 2018. At the microphone of France Inter, Anouk Grinberg also says she is “accomplice” and admits to having “kept silent for a long time”. “I laughed for a few years, I even lived with someone (Bertrand Blier) who participated in this active violence,” she admits.

“The corporatism of this profession should not prevent the truth from emerging.” The 60-year-old actress ended up explaining that she didn't know how to speak. “It’s better to have courage 33 years later than never.” She regrets her silence: “I was wrong.”