Maïwenn Lo Besco, director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Johnny Depp-starring opening film Jeanne du Barry, has admitted to assaulting a leading French journalist.
In a live TV interview promoting the film, the actress-director was quizzed about reports in April that Edwy Plenel, co-founder and editor-in-chief of investigative news website online Mediapart, had filed a complaint against her for assault.
According to French news reports a woman approached Plenel while he was lunching with his lawyer in a Paris restaurant, pulled back his head by his hair and then spat in his face.
Restaurant staff identified the attacker as Maïwenn to Plenel. Maïwenn seemed unfazed by the question on the incident which came at the end of a good-natured 15-minute interview on nightly chat show Quotidien. “Can you confirm?
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