French actor-director Maiwenn, who just lately directed Johnny Depp starrer ‘Jeanne du Barry’, has landed in authorized bother. According to Variety, she is being sued by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart journal for allegedly attacking him at a restaurant.

A police criticism was filed on March 7 by Plenel, accusing Maiween of aggression. In the criticism, Plenel alleged that he was assaulted by Maiwenn in late February whereas consuming at a restaurant within the posh seventh arrondissement of Paris. Maiwenn, who was sitting by herself at a close-by desk, allegedly got here to his desk and grabbed him by the hair earlier than spitting in his face with out saying a phrase, then stormed out of the venue, leaving Plenel “traumatised by the incident.”

While the police report was filed a month in the past, it leaked Friday, only a day after the Cannes Film Festival introduced that Maiwenn’s film had been chosen to open its 76th version. Though Mediapart has never investigated Maiwenn, it revealed a collection of bombshell tales about her ex-husband Luc Besson, with whom she shares a daughter, Shanna Besson.

Maiwenn solid Depp to play French king Louis XV in ‘Jeanne du Barry’ whereas he was in the midst of his authorized battle towards his ex-wife Amber Heard. Maiwenn stars within the main position as Jeanne du Barry, Louis XV’s best love whom he introduced into the Versailles palace to stay close to him despite the fact that she wasn’t a noble. (ANI)

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