Maïwenn, the French actress and director who won the Cannes Jury Prize for her 2011 drama “Polisse” before rehabbing Johnny Depp’s career by casting him in “Jeanne du Barry,” is being sued for assault in France. The filmmaker (whose legal name is Maïwenn Le Besco but who works under the abbreviated name Maïwenn) is the subject of a new lawsuit filed by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart magazine.
Plenel filed a police report on March 7, claiming that Maïwenn assaulted him in late February while he dined at a Paris restaurant. The journalist alleges that Maïwenn approached his table without prompting, then pulled his hair and spat in his face before storming off. The report claims that Plenel is still “traumatized by the incident.” News of the police complaint was first reported by the French news outlet Afp (via Variety).
IndieWire has reached out to Maïwenn’s representatives for comment.
Plenel filed a police report on March 7, claiming that Maïwenn assaulted him in late February while he dined at a Paris restaurant. The journalist alleges that Maïwenn approached his table without prompting, then pulled his hair and spat in his face before storming off. The report claims that Plenel is still “traumatized by the incident.” News of the police complaint was first reported by the French news outlet Afp (via Variety).
IndieWire has reached out to Maïwenn’s representatives for comment.
- 4/7/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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