The Academys928-strong class of 2018has dwindled by one.
A curious case of amnesia!
I love him, he is my husband and the father of my children.
He has been cast out like a pariah, Seigner continues.
Yet these same nameless academicians think that I should mount the steps of glory behind his back?
This proposal is one insult too many.
I cannot remain silent any longer.
You offend me whilst claiming to want to protect women!
On the contrary, they only seek to make it worse, she explains.
Today, Roman has served more than the maximum sentence for the offence [sic] committed.
Representatives for the Academy and Seigner did not immediately respond to EWs request for comment.
Read Seigners full letter originally published inLe Journal du Dimanchebelow.
How could anyone doubt my concern for equality between men and women?
I have always been a feminist.
A curious case of amnesia!
I love him, he is my husband and the father of my children.
He has been cast out like a pariah.
Yet these same nameless academicians think that I should mount the steps of glory behind his back?
This proposal is one insult too many.
I cannot remain silent any longer.
You offend me whilst claiming to want to protect women!
We have two children, a son and a daughter.
Roman has always been a loving father and a devoted husband.
Ever since he was arrested he has been falsely slandered as a pervert.
Barely two weeks ago a website announced my husbands imminent death!
She was indignant when she heard that Roman had been thrown out of the Academy.
But when you become a symbol, forgiveness is impossible.
On the contrary, they only seek to make it worse.
He bears no resemblance to this caricature of maleness, this symptom of the evil that ravages cinema.
And yet the Academy expects me not support this man?
Of course, artists are not exempt from justice.
Today, Roman has served more than the maximum sentence for the offence committed.
I can understand his distrust of the justice of men.
It is not by chance that his favourite film is Odd Man Out, by Carol Reed.
Sometimes, I see the hurt in his eyes.
Sometimes, he astounds me by his zest to live.
Only the truth and these words that I have just written can ease my pain.
