ARY ABITTAN. A year and a half after being indicted for rape, the comedian and actor was finally placed under the status of assisted witness, alleviating the charges against him.
[Mis à jour le 20 juillet 2023 à 11h28] New twist in the Ary Abittan affair. Indicted since November 2, 2021 for rape, the actor was placed under the status of assisted witness. The investigation has thus taken a favorable turn for the actor, since his indictment has ended, we learn the Parisian this Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
Clearly, the magistrate in charge of the investigation considered that the investigation did not make it possible to consolidate or support the serious and concordant indications initially retained following the complaint, in particular the fact that the sexual relationship could have been violent. Consequently, this new status could allow Ary Abittan to end in a dismissal and avoid a trial.
Biography of Ary Abittan – Born January 31, 1974 in Paris, Ary Abittan comes from a Jewish family in North Africa. He financed his first theater lessons by running taxis, and began to perform his sketches on stage in 1994. In 1998, he performed at the Splendid, the Lucernaire and the Treviso theatre, and made himself known to the general public by performing the first parts of Enrico Macias, Gad Elmaleh and Elie Semoun. Ary Abittan took his first steps on television in the series “Our pension years” (broadcast between 2007 and 2010), in which he landed the main role. In the cinema, we find him in “Can you keep a secret?” by Alexandre Arcady (2008), “La Traque” (2008) and “So close” (2008). Gad Elmaleh entrusts him with a small role in his comedy “Coconut” (2009).
In 2010, Ary Abittan is on the poster of “The Neighbours’ Day”. In 2009, he played his show “A la folie” at the Palais des Glaces and at the Paris comedy, before going on tour. In 2010, he appeared in “Depression and Friends” and lent his voice in the documentary “Chimpanzés” (2012), Ary Abittan reunited with Michaël Youn in 2013 in “Vive la France”, filmed in “Hôtel Normandy” by Charles Nemes and in “La Grande Boucle” by Laurent Tuel. He participated for the first time in the Festival Marrakech du rire in 2012.
After the success of “What have we done to God” (2014) and its sequel “What have we done to God again” (2019), Ary Abittan appears in the TV movie “L’esprit de famille” (2014) but also in the comedy film “The Visitors 3” (2016) then “With open arms” (2017). In parallel with his cinematographic projects, Ary Abittan continues his comic shows: he performs on stage for “My Story” (2017) where he confides in his private life.
Ary Abittan has been successful since “What did we do to God”
If Ary Abittan has played in several comedies and several comic shows, it is since 2014 that he is known to the general public. He is part of the cast of the comedy “What have we done to God”, alongside Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby. This feature film, which denounces racism, anti-Semitism and the question of mixed marriages in France, is a real success: it has accumulated a total of 12.3 million admissions. In 2019, Ary Abittan naturally joins the cast of his sequel, “What have we done to God again”, still in his role as David Maurice Isaac Benichou. A third part, entitled “What have we all done to God?”, is expected for the year 2022.
What are Ary Abittan’s shows?
Ary Abitatn is an actor but also a comedian, specializing in comedy. He began to perform his sketches on stage in 1994, performing in several Parisian venues such as the Splendid or the Théâtre Trévise. Before embarking on the one-man show, he played in the play “Happy Hanoukah” in 2007. It was from September 1, 2009 that he played his first show, entitled “A la folie”. He then enjoyed success on stage with “My Story”, very inspired by his personal life. A real success, he played this text alone on stage from 2017 to the end of 2019. In December 2021, he was to perform his last comic show, entitled “For real”.
Who is Ary Abittan’s wife?
Ary Abittan revealed all his private life in his show, “My Story”, which he plays from 2017 to 2019. We learn that he was married for 24 years with Sylvie Jorno, his childhood sweetheart who became his ex-wife. Their love story, however, ended in a divorce, also told in his one man show. From this union, three daughters were born: Léna, Romy and Betty. Since then, the actor has been more discreet about his private life. According to Closer, Ary Abittan would be in a relationship with a certain Sarah-Line Attlan, an entrepreneur with whom he would have appeared in 2020 in Ramatuelle.
Accused of rape, where is the case?
The comedian of “What have we done to God” Ary Abittan has been accused of rape since October 30, 2021. After approximately 48 hours in police custody, the comedian was indicted and placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday November 2, 2021. – place if this status persists until the end of the instruction.
A 23-year-old woman, with whom he had a regular relationship, accuses him of “a degrading and non-consensual sexual relationship” which allegedly took place on October 30, 2021 at the actor’s home in the heart of the capital. According to the plaintiff’s lawyer, she would have suffered a “rape with violence”. He specifies on RTL that this would have resulted in ten days of ITT. Also according to the radio media, which quotes a source familiar with the matter, the accuser “indicates having suffered an anal intercourse without consent accompanied by violence”, accusing Ary Abittan of having “strangled” her and of having “inflicted slaps on her”. Since her complaint, she would be “in a state of post-traumatic shock and suffers from tremors, flashbacks, anxiety and anguish.” On February 10, 2022, new elements of the investigation were revealed in Paris Match. The accuser reportedly said she suffered “unwanted anal penetration, rough vaginal intercourse, slapping, strangulation, screaming […] a sharp, terrible pain”. The doctor would have noted several physical traumas, at the level of the thigh, the coccyx but also “sharp vaginal and anal wounds.
Contacted by RTL, Ary Abittan’s lawyer did not want to comment on the case. In the columns of Parisian in January 2022, her lawyer specified that “the investigation is taking its course” and a confrontation between the complainant and the actor has already taken place. However, the comedian had not yet been summoned by the judge.