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\n\tFrench President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> has clarified feedback he made final yr about G\u00e9rard Depardieu which appeared to recommend his assist for the actor within the face of a tide of sexual assault accusations, which the latter has denied. <\/p>\n \n\tSpeaking in an interview with French girls\u2019s journal Elle<\/em>, revealed on Wednesday, Macron steered his feedback had been misinterpreted and that he was not \u201ccomplacent\u201d concerning the points round sexual harassment and abuse. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just a want a respect for our principles, such as the presumption of innocence. These same principles which will allow justice to rule next October and that is a good thing.\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n \n\tDepardieu is because of be tried in October on costs of sexual assault on two girls on a movie set in 2021, whereas accusations of sexual assault and rape by actress Charlotte Arnould are additionally making their approach by the courts. <\/p>\n \n\tIn the backdrop a lot of different girls have accused Depardieu of sexual harassment and abuse. The actor has denied all of the allegations.<\/p>\n \n\tMacron drew criticism final December when he appeared to come back out in assist of Depardieu. The actor was in the course of a media storm on the time following the printed of an episode of investigative present Compl\u00e9ment d\u2019Enquete<\/em> probing a number of sexual assault accusations towards the actor and different acts of inappropriate habits.<\/p>\n \n\tTalking on chat present C \u00e0 Vous<\/em>, the president steered Depardieu was the sufferer of \u201ca manhunt\u201d, including he was a \u201cgreat admirer of Depardieu\u201d and that the actor \u201chad made France<\/a> proud.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tIn the identical interview, he additionally publicly dismissed then Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak\u2019s suggestion that Depardieu must be stripped of his Legion of Honor. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI used the expression \u2018manhunt\u2019 in a gender-neutral way,\u201d Macron advised Elle<\/em>. I don\u2019t like media trials, justice by tweets, and basically. We are in a society which seeks to kill individuals in a couple of days, after which forgets them.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMacron stated his stance was \u201cuncompromising\u201d when it got here to tackling the problems of \u201crape\u201d, \u201cdomination\u201d and what he referred to as \u201cthis culture of brutality\u201d. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMy priority has always been the protection of victims, and this is also the case for the Depardieu affair,\u201d he stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n