Catherine Deneuve Apologizes to Victims after Denouncing #MeToo<br />15, 2018<br />The French actress Catherine Deneuve apologized to victims of sexual violence who decried a letter she signed with more than 100 other Frenchwomen denouncing the #MeToo movement and its French counterpart, #Balancetonporc, or "Expose Your Pig." In a letter published in the newspaper Libération on Sunday, Ms. Deneuve said<br />that while she stood by the original statement, published in another newspaper, Le Monde, she did not condone sexual abuse or misconduct.<br />French past that In t<br />It went on to say that in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, "freedom of speech has been turned on its head." In her letter to Libération, Ms. Deneuve said<br />that while last week’s letter had denounced the #MeToo movement, "Nothing in the text claims that harassment is good." Please verify you’re not a robot by clicking the box.<br />Deneuve said that I’m a free woman and I will remain one,<br />It is to them, and them alone, that I apologize." Last week’s letter, which said<br />that using social media as a forum for sharing experiences of sexual misconduct had gone too far, drew some praise but also international criticism.<br />But insistent or clumsy flirting is not a crime, nor is gallantry a chauvinist aggression," the letter in Le Monde said.
