She was a young actress in Paris when Gérard Depardieu a55aulted her in his home. August 2018. She reported it to police within days. They threw out her case for lack of evidence. She forced them to reopen it.
For three years she fought alone while France celebrated him. While he gave interviews. While the cultural establishment called him a national treasure and looked the other way.
She said publicly she had spent her time surviving. In 2021 she revealed her name. Said she was horrified to watch him continue his career while she fought for her life. Thirteen women came forward. Then more. By 2023 the allegations numbered in the dozens.
Depardieu was taken into custody. Convicted. Placed on the s3x offenders register. His career - built over five decades - was gone. One 22 year old woman refused to stay quiet.
France's most beloved actor never recovered. Her name is Charlotte Arnould.
Apparently the BBC is now asking the judge to unseal the Jack Smith grand jury testimony as part of their defense against Trumps 10 billion lawsuit. The BBC argues that Trump was denied executive privilege 5 times in court and should not be able to hide behind it now. I think the BBC wants to prove that Trump did in fact incite the J6 riots, thus proving Trumps defamation claim as false. I do hope the judge agrees, as that grand jury testimony will be a good read.
Little reminder that not a single American soldier ever has died defending their country. Not one. They always die, without exception, thousands of miles from home to advance the goals and interests of empire and capital. The brainwashing has been extraordinary
I am speaking to you now from the northern Gaza Strip.
The bombing does not stop, the shooting is constant, the killing and bloodshed continues.
Who told you that the genocide in Gaza has ended?!
Before we sued him, I used to email Blinken's staff the names of AMERICANS including kids and grandparents trapped in Gaza begging for evacuation assistance. The replies were cold & eventually stopped coming. I had clients who were killed while waiting to exit Gaza. Imagine being killed by bombs your tax dollars paid for. Then, during his last week in office, I had someone hand deliver to Blinken a list of Americans still stuck in Gaza despite seeking the US govt's assistance for a year. He said the incoming administration would take care of it. Ofc, they didn't. Salsabeel, an American mother of 3, remains trapped in Gaza. The Stage Dept refuses to evacuate her kids because they're not American.
Deeply disturbing story. Survivors of US boat strikes allege they were kidnapped and tortured for days by the US military. The prosecutor investigating the claims was just assassinated.
The prosecutor investigating US boat strikes and torture allegations in Ecuador was assassinated.
We uncovered NASA images and videos of the US Coast Guard that corroborates the victims’ testimonies. Then, the prosecutor working the case was shot and killed in broad daylight.
This amazing website, called "Worse on Purpose," is cataloguing all the ways companies are deliberately and secretively degrading their own products
As usual, in most cases the culprit is private equity extracting enormous sums while everyone else is left worse off.
I am a Jew. It is a genocide. And while Jews did not kill Christian kids in medieval times, we do kill Palestinian kids in modern times. That is just a fact and therefore not a blood libel.