Accumulates more than fifteen accusations for inappropriate sexual behaviors so far this year. And the light does not stop coming out, as if the first voice had encouraged the others, more denunciations and pointing towards Grard Depardieu. This list is now joined by one more name: that of a Spanish journalist, Ruth Askswho, as he has assured The vanguarddenounced last Thursday before the National Police in the capital of Spain that the renowned French interpreter He had raped her.
The events in question occurred on October 12, 1995 in the city of Paris. Baza, who now boasts a broad and extensive journalistic resume, especially in the cultural branch, I was 23 years old and then working for Cinemana. She was in the French capital to interview the interpreter on the occasion of the premiere of Colonel Chabert when suddenly, everything twisted.
As detailed in the complaint, Depardieu, who is now under a cascade of revelations whose pace is as frenetic as it is fatal, I kissed her on the face and neck and subsequently, He inserted his fingers through her clothes until he managed to penetrate her with them. After collecting these facts, the French authorities They have classified what happened as rape and as stated in an official document.
I only remember the smell of alcohol and nicotine
He hugged me, he was very tall and strong and I was very thin, I couldn’t escape, he had me trapped.The journalist said last June in a public letter to recount what happened. He kissed me deeply on the lips, and then he kissed me on the face again and again. Suddenly I felt her hand on my chest and then on my crotch, I couldn’t move.details the text that Baza wrote and which now reaches its hardest point: I disconnected from my body because it had invaded me. What supposedly came next has been largely forgotten: I didn’t feel anything, I only remember the smell of alcohol and nicotine in my mouth, I don’t know how long it lasted.
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When I returned to Madrid from what was going to be a dream work trip, The world came to him. Although he spoke with his family and informed the magazine’s editor of what had happened, He did not want to report because of the barriers of fear and shame. After all, he was an actor of international significance.
But when the voices of Depardieu’s alleged victims began to be heard, when the investigation of Mediapart revealed the more than ten cases of sexual violence that the interpreter had committed between 2004 and 2022, then he decided to do what he did not do almost 30 years ago: I felt very comforted because it has been a very complicated few months to understand that what really happened was that, a rape, even though I didn’t use the word.
