Update: A EuropaCorp spokesperson has responded to Deadline’s request for comment following a Wednesday criminal court hearing during which a Paris prosecutor called for a 10-month suspended prison sentence for filmmaker Luc Besson, as well as various fines over the firing of a former assistant. The spokesperson notes “profound exasperation” and refers to the current case as “bashing” replete with “false allegations.”
At issue is the alleged discriminatory dismissal of Besson’s executive assistant “Sophie F.” who joined Europa in 2015 and was fired for “serious misconduct” in January 2018. A decision in the case will be rendered on January 8.
Says the EuropaCorp rep today: “We take note of the prosecutor’s indictment. We note that this indictment is in perfect contradiction with the decision of the labor board of October 9, 2019. On exactly the same question and the only question put to the criminal court, that is to say that of a discriminatory dismissal,...
At issue is the alleged discriminatory dismissal of Besson’s executive assistant “Sophie F.” who joined Europa in 2015 and was fired for “serious misconduct” in January 2018. A decision in the case will be rendered on January 8.
Says the EuropaCorp rep today: “We take note of the prosecutor’s indictment. We note that this indictment is in perfect contradiction with the decision of the labor board of October 9, 2019. On exactly the same question and the only question put to the criminal court, that is to say that of a discriminatory dismissal,...
- 11/28/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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