Accused of rape in 2021 before a dismissal was pronounced in 2024, the humorist and actor returns with a new show. He spoke publicly on the case for the first time.
More than three years after withdrawing after being accused of rape, Ary Abittan officially sign his return to media life. The actor is back at La Cigale from February 18 to 23 with a new show (already played in a few rooms) in which he evokes the investigation and his judicial journey.
At the microphone of C to you, the 51 -year -old actor expressed himself on the case: “Me, what I want is going back on stage, making the public laugh. What I like to do since the Beginning, that is to say entertain people and be together.
In October 2021, a young woman of 21, with whom Ary Abittan had had relations for a few weeks, filed a complaint for rape. Placed in police custody the next day, he was indicted. The long investigation led to a first dismissal in April 2024, confirmed on appeal.
“Justice can be long, painful, and today it innocented me. So I was able to go back on stage and find my audience.” He also justifies, in the program of France 5, his media silence by his desire to “reserve [sa] speech to justice, [il ne voulait] not play the game of the media court “.
Demonstration on the sidelines of his show
His show very openly evokes his judicial turmoil, with references to his police custody in particular. At the microphone of C to you always, Ary Abittan justifies his choice: “We never expect this kind of thing, obviously. So either we are in an ocean of emotions, or we flow or we advance. And me , I decided to move forward. “
But Ary Abittan’s Parisian return to the boards was not done without a few clashes. An event of the collective all of us was held on the sidelines of the first representation at La Cigale. “I want to tell them that I respect their fight, but I can tell you about my story. And my story is that I was wrongly accused and I was innocent three times”, he says again at the microphone of C to you.