Maiwenn, Director of Johnny Depp Cannes Film, Admits to Spitting on Journalist
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor Maiwenn Le Besco, the director of Johnny Depp’s Cannes opening night film “Jeanne du Barry,” has admitted that she spit in the face of an investigative journalist in February.
The filmmaker confessed to the act just days ahead of the May 16 world premiere of “Jeanne du Barry.” The actor-director, who goes by Maiwenn, was asked on the French TV talkshow “Quotidien” if she could confirm that she had assaulted Edwy Plenel, the founder of Mediapart, which had published a report that several women had accused her ex-husband, director Luc Besson, of rape. “Do I confirm that I assaulted him?
Yes,” she answered the interviewer, according to The Telegraph. Plenel filed a police complaint on March 7, which accused Maiwenn of aggression while he was eating in a restaurant.
The director, who was sitting by herself at a nearby table, allegedly grabbed Plenel by the hair and spit in his face, then left the restaurant.
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