A French prosecutor has recommended a 10-month suspended prison sentence for filmmaker Luc Besson in a criminal case over the firing of a former assistant, as well as a combined 80,000 euros in fin…
A hearing in the Paris suburb of Bobigny was held on Wednesday, without the presence of Besson whose attorney said he was stuck in traffic. At issue is the alleged discriminatory dismissal of 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.
The claimant alleges that she was refused three days of vacation over a French holiday in 2017 and physically collapsed, according to the testimony of a colleague present that day. She was then put on medical leave by her doctor under a certificate known in France as an “arrêt de travail.” EuropaCorp reportedly considered the reasons behind the work stoppage as “fraudulent” and designed to allow Sophie F to take days off in an “irregular” manner.
On Wednesday, the prosecutor, Rémi Chaise, compared Besson’s alleged treatment of his employee to that seen inand described the filmmaker as a “tyrannical personality” who placed his assistant “in a state of permanent subjection.” Sophie F described herself as having become for Besson “his slave.” Besson’s attorney, Arnaud de Senilhes, called the request for a suspended prison sentence and the fines “out of proportion” and said Sophie F was not dismissed “because she was on sick leave” but “during” her sick leave. He contended there is “no place for a criminal conviction” in the case.
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