While six women accuse him of assault and sexual harassment, Edouard Baer saw the performances of his show at the Antoine theater in Paris canceled.
Parisian performances of the show My application ofEdward Baer, implicated by six women for harassment and sexual assault, were canceled. This is what the Antoine theater announced in an email addressed to spectators who had reserved seats for the performances scheduled for June and July. This is the first cancellation after the revelation of the investigation Médiapart and Cheek, on May 23. Previously, he had played his show in Romans-sur-Isère (May 24) and in Vevey in Switzerland last Tuesday.
Six women, aged around twenty at the time of the reported events, accuse the 57-year-old actor of sexual assault or sexual harassment which allegedly occurred between 2013 and 2021. The two media nevertheless specify that No complaint has been filed against the actor to date. In detail, the two online media report dated testimonies which would have mainly occurred in a professional context, mainly in the theater or on the radio. The journalists detail a 5-month long investigation and around fifty testimonies.
One of the women who testified against Edouard Baer says that the actor would have complimented her on “her very pretty nipple” despite her protests before grabbing her “left breast in his hand”, when a production manager in a theater says that he “touched her breasts several times” while he was drunk in his dressing room, before “putting his hand on her buttocks” a few hours later. Another accuses Edouard Baer of having tried to kiss her on the neck and on the mouth, one says she was bitten on the arm.
Edouard Baer apologizes
Contacted by Médiapart and Cheek, Edouard Baer did not respond to each of the accusations against him. However, he assured that he “does not recognize himself in the words and gestures that [lui]are attributed”. Although he assures that he has not heard back from the women who accuse him of going too far, he nevertheless wanted to express his “regrets” to know that his behavior could have “hurt the feel comfortable or hurt these women. I didn’t have the intelligence to perceive it. I am deeply sorry. I never intentionally tried to hurt them. I apologize to them all.”