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Boss of France’s Powerful Film Board CNC Gets Three-Year Prison Sentence, Including Two Suspended, for Sexual Assault


Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board, has received a three-year prison sentence over sexual assault charges.

On Friday, at the Nanterre courthouse, the prosecutor requested a three-year suspended prison sentence against Boutonnat who is currently service a second mandate as president of the CNC. The petition has collected more 4,551 anonymous signatures and is being endorsed by various orgs, including the Collectif 50/50, MeTooMédia and the labor union CGT Spectacle, as well as actor-director Judith Godrèche. During an audition at the Senate earlier this week, Godrèche said the situation at the CNC symbolized the country’s reluctance to embrace the # MeToo movement.

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