[Opinion] Jérémie Assous, counsel of Gérard Depardieu: "Singular idea of justice that to blame judges for their lack of activism"

TRIBUNE. The lawyer Jérémie Assous, counsel of Gérard Depardieu, responds to a stand in the "World" published on 28 March, which denounced the sexism of defence lawyers during the trial of the actor.

The trial of Gérard Depardieu, tried for sexual assaults that he denies, has drawn the media attention that inevitably arouses the presence in the box of the accused of a star of this... Read more Laurent Dandrieu: Art without morals is that ruin of the soul appeared first on Current Values.

The trial of actor Gérard Depardieu was held for four days. He revealed a method of defense based on secondary victimization, a double sentence imposed on victims of sexual and gender-based violence. This is unprecedented. The behavior of Gérard Depardieu's lawyer, aggressive and "misogynous among misogynists", shocked from the moment of the [...] Read more At the Depardieu trial, secondary victimization as a defence strategy appeared first on R…

How is France any better than Turkey, where Erdogan had the only credible opposition leader arrested, or Russia, where Putin did the same to Navalny? These two opponents were also convicted of alleged financial malpractice. That is the most pliable category of crimes: if you look long enough, you can find something in anyone. A far-reaching example is Trump’s conviction for an accounting error that would normally be a misdemeanor.