Actor Gerard Depardieu said he would hand over his Legion of Honor to French Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak after he was accused of offensive communication with women. TASSCiting AFP.
The artist’s lawyers, Beatrice Geismann Achille and Christian Saint-Palais, announced that the artist took this step after Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak said that the Council of the Order had initiated a disciplinary investigation into Gerard Depardieu’s allegations of obscene remarks and harassment towards women.
Human rights activists condemned Depardieu and the Minister of Culture, saying that his statements could be “a new blow to the already dying presumption of innocence.” According to lawyers, Depardieu is subjected to widespread harassment that Rima Abdul-Malak should stop.
Previously French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak statedthat the actor could be deprived of France’s highest award, the Legion of Honor. Depardieu received this award from former French President Jacques Chirac in 1996.
Depardieu on December 14 deprived Order of Quebec for derogatory remarks towards women.
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