Camille Kouchner

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Camille Kouchner
Born (1975-06-18) 18 June 1975 (age 49)
Paris, France
Education Lycée Henri-IV
Alma mater Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University
Occupation Lawyer
Known for Duhamel scandal
Parent(s) Bernard Kouchner
Évelyne Pisier

Camille Kouchner (born 18 June 1975 in Paris), is a lawyer, French academic and lecturer in private law. With her book, La familia grande, she initiated the Duhamel scandal.

Biography

Camille Kouchner was born on June 17, 1975, [1] daughter of the doctor and politician Bernard Kouchner and the writer and political scientist Évelyne Pisier. She is the niece of the mathematician Gilles Pisier and of the actress and novelist Marie-France Pisier.

Following the divorce of her parents in 1984, she was partially brought up by her mother’s second husband, the political scientist Olivier Duhamel. [2] She has two brothers, including a twin, as well as a half-sister and a half-brother adopted by her mother and Duhamel. In 2015, she clicked when she saw Mon roi , by Maïwenn, who had entrusted the role of her mother to her aunt Marie-France Pisier in Pardonnez-moi , which recounted the incestuous relationship between the director and her stepfather. [3]

At the beginning of January 2021, in her book La Familia grande, Camille Kouchner accused her stepfather—Duhamel—of incest, rape and sexual assault "repeated for years": [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] she wrote that, from 1988 to 1989, her stepfather regularly abused her twin brother (renamed Victor in the book) during his adolescence. [11] [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Kouchner, Camille (2021). La familia grande. Paris: Seuil. p. 156. ISBN   978-2-02-147266-0.
  2. ↑ Rouchy, Marie-Elisabeth; Grassin, Sophie (2014). La véritable Marie-France Pisier. Paris: Pygmalion. ISBN   978-2-7564-0774-6. OCLC   881241506.
  3. ↑ Camille Kouchner, invitée exceptionnelle, Francetv
  4. ↑ Par l'agence France-Presse. "Camille Kouchner assure que les agressions sexuelles se sont répétées pendant des années". LaDépêche.fr .
  5. ↑ "L'onde de choc de l'affaire Duhamel". LEFIGARO.fr. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-23. Camille Kouchner accuse son beau-père, le politologue Olivier Duhamel, d'avoir violé son frère
  6. ↑ "Olivier Duhamel : une pointure du droit et un homme de réseaux". Libération.fr . 5 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Emmanuelle Lucas (5 January 2021). "Enfants victimes d'inceste, l'engrenage du silence". la-croix.com . Elle « accuse Olivier Duhamel, d'avoir violé son frère jumeau
  8. ↑ "Camille Kouchner accusant son beau-père Olivier Duhamel d'avoir agressé sexuellement". letemps.ch . 5 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Claire Hache (6 January 2021). "Affaire Olivier Duhamel : "L'inceste ne laisse aucune chance à la victime"". lexpress.fr .
  10. ↑ L. Nahon; T. Cuny; E. Lagarde; D. Ollieric; C. Vignal; J. Boulesteix; L. Latour (5 January 2021). "Affaire Olivier Duhamel : une enquête ouverte pour viols et agressions sexuelles". francetvinfo.fr . Olivier Duhamel, qui aurait agressé sexuellement le frère
  11. ↑ Ariane Chemin (2021-01-04). "Camille Kouchner à Olivier Duhamel : " Tu les vois, les angoisses qui nous hantent depuis ? "". LeMonde.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  12. ↑ Ariane Chemin (2021-01-04). "Olivier Duhamel, l'inceste et les enfants du silence". LeMonde.fr . Retrieved 2021-01-09..
  13. ↑ "Camille Kouchner brise le silence de l'inceste : "Je ne pouvais plus me taire"". nouvelobs.com . Retrieved 2021-01-04.
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