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Gérard Depardieu’s Ex-Partner Karine Silla Defends Actor: “Gérard Is Not A Sexual Predator’
Actress, director and writer Karine Silla has spoken out in defense of former partner Gérard Depardieu, by whom she has a 31-year-old daughter. The actor, who was indicted for rape in 2021, has bee…
Silla, who is the sister of Luc Besson’s wife Virginie Besson-Silla and is now married to actor Vincent Perez, told celebrity magazine Paris Match that she felt compelled to break her silence over the treatment of Depardieu. She suggested that amid the media brouhaha people were mixing Depardieu’s case with those of Harvey Weinstein, Bertrand Cantet, the singer who was found guilty of beating actress partner Marie Trintignant to death in 2003;, writer Gabriel Matzneff, who has been accused of under-age rape, or serial killer Guy Georges. Silla also tackled footage in the Complément d’enquête show, in which Depardieu appears to watch a young girl horse-riding while on a trip to North Koran and be heard suggesting that if the horse breaks into a gallop, she will have an organism.
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