French actor and director Nicolas Bedos, 44, son of comedian Guy Bedos, was sentenced on Tuesday October 22 to one year in prison, including six months suspended for sexual assaults on two women, committed in 2023.
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Absent from the deliberations of his own trial, the actor and director, Nicolas Bedos, was sentenced on Tuesday October 22 by the Criminal Court of Paris to one year in prison, including six months suspended, for sexual assault. The facts concern two women and date back to 2023.
A complainant accused the director of having walked towards her, head down, before extending his right hand to her genitals, over her jeans, on the night of June 1 to 2, 2023. During the hearing, the The complainant, very moved, recounted the evening, with sobs in her voice. “ I saw who this man was, his eyes scared me “, she explained. Another complainant, a waitress in a Parisian bar, told the court that Nicolas Bedos, drunk, grabbed her by the waist and kissed her neck on the night of May 11 to 12, 2023.
During the hearing, Nicolas Bedos denied being “ a sexual attacker “. He had only admitted to alcohol problems and “ heavy kindness » in case of drunkenness, which nevertheless represents an aggravating circumstance of rape, according to French law. “ I don’t remember anything, it’s a blackout “, the defendant had declared on numerous occasions, while vigorously denying having engaged in inappropriate behavior. “ We are in a society where for a kiss on the neck or a hand placed on jeans in the middle of a nightclub, we find ourselves condemned to wearing an electronic bracelet for a period of six months », Reacted his lawyer Julia Minkowski.
Duty of care
The court ordered that the firm part be carried out at home, under electronic monitoring. He also imposed an obligation for addictological and psychological care, a ban on contact with the two victims, and requested that the actor be registered in the French file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses. “ We will immediately appeal against this unfair judgment on which I call on everyone to reflect “, declared Mr. Minkowski.
Nicolas Bedos, on the other hand, was acquitted “ for the benefit of the doubt » for acts of sexual harassment in 2018. Artist and comedian asserting his politically incorrect, sometimes divisive positions, Nicolas Bedos is the author of four films, three of which were presented at the Cannes festival. The Belle Epoque (2019)his most notable feature film, attracted 1.2 million spectators in theaters.
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