Johnny Depp’s new film director Maiwenn Le Besco is being accused of assaulting a journalist

Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne du Barry is led by Maiwenn Le Besco and recently he was accused of the assault by a journalist who was at a restaurant just weeks earlier Cannes Film Festival where it was first shown to the public.

The reported attack happened in the seventh arrondissement in Paris Edwy Plenel The editor from Medipart Magazine is suing Le Besco over an assault in February in which the director grabbed the editor by the hair and wordlessly spat in his face, according to a police report filed March 7.

Medipart published articles about rape allegations against Le Besco’s ex-husband Luc Besson

Le Figaro reported the incident: “The woman then hastily left the restaurant without anyone being able to intervene given the speed of what was happening.” The restaurant staff confirmed the story by identifying the director.

Plenel’s attorney, Pierre Emmanuel Blard, spoke to the press and said that ‘The act is unique but no less violent and in some ways traumatic, even if there is no physical damage. There can be no impunity for this type of crime either.‘

Johnny Depp returns to the big screen after Amber Heard’s defamation trial

Plenel claims they have no problem at all, but Mediapart published some articles about the rape allegations against Le Besco’s ex-husband Luca Beson.

The movie is Johnny Depps Returning to the big screen after Amber Heard’s high-profile libel case, in which he won and she was ordered to pay $15 million in damages.

Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vazquez claim that the actor just wants this painful chapter of his life to be completely over and would donate money to charity.