Why Actor Theo Navarro-Mussy Was Banned From Cannes 2025
Theo Navarro-Mussy is banned from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival red carpet.
The Dossier 137 actor was not in attendance for the film’s premiere Thursday night (May 15) amid accusations of rape and sexual assault.
Theo has a supporting role in the film.
The movie’s producers Caroline Benjo and Carole Scotta told Variety the allegations occurred “well before the film was shot.”
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“Even though the alleged facts largely predate the production of the film, we decided with the festival management that the person in question would not accompany the film to Cannes, out of respect for the plaintiffs and for the victims’ word, and without prejudice to the presumption of innocence of the accused,” the duo said in a statement.
“The management of the Cannes Film Festival has been very clear about not highlighting any person suspected of sexist or sexual violence. For Haut et Court, these issues are very close to our hearts, so this decision was a matter of course, as well as for Dominik Moll, whose position on these issues has always been very clear.”
According to French news agency AFP, this is first time an actor has been banned from the festival due to sexual abuse allegations.
French publication Telerama first reported that Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux decided before the festival’s opening on Tuesday (May 13), along with the film’s production team, that Theo would not walk the carpet.
The actor faces allegations from three former partners of rape and physical violence dating back to 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Dossier 137 is set during France’s yellow vests protests and centers on a young man who gets injured by by a flash-ball projectile. Léa Drucker stars as an investigator named Stephanie who is assigned the task of determining who is responsible for the incident.
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