FAMILY AFFAIRS The 72-year-old actor once again denies his daughter Coline’s incest accusations
Richard Berry denies the charges against him by his daughter. — LIONEL URMAN/SIPA
First a denial on Instagram in February 2021, then an interview with the Journal du dimanche, in which Richard Berry, 72-year-old actor, defends himself against his daughter s accusations Coline.
I forced myself to remain silent
“I immediately denied these despicable accusations, then I kept silent because I wanted justice to be done. She pronounced a classification without follow-up, expected because the facts were prescribed, and twice, during the defamation lawsuits brought by Jeane Manson [her ex-companion], she condemned; Coline for her lies. The judgment is very clear, very precise, and the case, in terms of justice, is behind me. I can now express myself and affirm that everything is false.”
False but painful, as the comedian admits . “Being Accused to wrong, it’s an omnipresent wound, a deep wound. My 8 year old daughter does not know of the existence of Coline […]. For the purposes of the investigation, she had to To be heard by the minors’ brigade. Sending our child there was terrible for my wife and me. For my other daughter Josephine too, who is fighting for me, these accusations have had difficult consequences”, explains the actor in JDD.