A feminist collective from Oise calls for the deprogramming of an Ary Abittan show

Ary Abittan once again finds himself in the middle of a heated controversy. After his return to stage marred in early December, in Paris, by the intrusion of feminist activists, the 51-year-old comedian could see one of his future shows canceled. A feminist collective from Oise demanded, Wednesday January 7, the cancellation of a performance of the actor scheduled for February 7 at the Tigre in Margny-lès-Compiègne, denouncing a “rape culture” and a form of impunity despite the judicial dismissal from which he benefited following the filing of two complaints for sexual violence.

“It is no longer possible to put life breakers in the spotlightwrote in a press release the movement, made up of the Union of Feminists of the Oise, family planning, Nous Tous Beauvais, Clin d’œil LGBTQI + and the CGT, FSU and Solidaire Student Compiègne unions. Beyond the legal question, it is the question of the place of attackers in society that is at stake.” These different associations criticize Ary Abittan for having “reverse the guilt” and of “not having initiated a process of questioning or repair”.

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Ary Abittan would “pass as the victim”

On the contrary, they believe that Ary Abittan is currently being “to appear as the victim whose career has been damaged”. “He says he is a victim of the activists who came to interrupt his show and says he “forgives” the woman who filed a complaint against him for having “destroyed” his life.continues the press release. But the real victim is forgotten, or even worse, she is accused of lying, or of being motivated by a desire to harm the man she “unfairly” accuses. »

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The collective claims not to question court decisions, but now points to complacency on the part of cultural actors. He asks that “programmers, artists, and other cultural leaders take their responsibilities in the name of human dignity”. The press release finally recalls that one of the supposed victims of Ary Abittan “denounced the rape she suffered by providing material evidence and medical expertise”and that the second “testifies, with video proof, to having been kissed by force during a broadcast”.