Richard Berry has been accused of domestic violence by his ex-partner Katherine Higel

In February 2021, Coleen Berry, the eldest daughter of Richard Berry, filed a complaint against her father and stepfather, singer Gene Manson, alleging rape, sexual abuse and corruption of a minor. Facts that allegedly happened when the girl was 8 years old.

The case was dismissed due to the statute of limitations in September 2022. Coleen Berry sued and was later sued by singer Gene Manson for defamation. The verdict was reserved until July 17.

Meanwhile, actress Kathryn Higel, mother of Coleen Berry, is today condemning the domestic violence committed by Richard Berry, some of whom were pregnant with their daughter.

The 77-year-old actor poses with the following message on photographer Mark Melk’s Instagram account “After the violence”. “He hits my head with a sink, sewn to the arch; of course, a few blows … the last one, seven months pregnant, burst the eardrum. Colleen twists in the stomach. I was sentenced to a caesarean section. I did not do it. Filed a complaint, I quit!”

Kathryn Higel indicates that she did not file a complaint at the time, but today, in the midst of the French #MeToo movement, she decides to make her voice heard. This is the first time that the actor has spoken about the violence committed by the actor in the mid-70s.

The abuse was confirmed in columns by Coleen Berry and her cousin Marilou Berry Paris match And Richard Berry himself admitted in 2021 in the newspaper the world.

Katherine Higel’s photo comes from a series of photographs of victims of domestic violence. If some victims agreed to appear with their faces uncovered, others preferred that celebrities pose in their place, as in the case of Anna Mughallis for Henriette, Anissa Bonnefont for Séverine, Bruno Solo for Pascale or even the host Nagui posing for M and for him. song.