Brigitte Bardot faces €25,000 fine for racist insults 'It's a bunch of degenerates who miss cannibalism'
I wrote that letter from the heart and out of anger. Animal abuse at La Réunion is a reality. We have to stop pretending it’s not.
Famous French actress Brigitte Bardot could pay a fine of 25,000 euros for racially motivated insults, writes Le Monde.
A court in Saint-Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion, could punish the cult actress for comments about the inhabitants of the island of La Réunion. Namely, in an open letter from 2019, Bardot characterized it as “natives who kept their wild genes”.
She was tried for public insults of a racial and religious nature.
“These repeated serious, racist insults directed against the inhabitants of La Réunion are generally unacceptable,” the prosecutor said.
The controversial statements are part of an open letter in which Bardot, a longtime animal rights activist, called out La Réunion because of their, in her opinion, "barbaric" attitude towards animals. The outrage of the French actress was caused by the use of dogs and cats as baits in shark hunting and the decapitation of goats during the celebrations of the Tamil Indians.
"It's all nostalgia for cannibalism from previous centuries. I am ashamed of that island, of their savagery. It is a group of degenerates who still practice the customs of their ancestors," Bardot was sharp.
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Various associations fighting for the protection of human rights have condemned Bardot.
"Brigitte Bardot compared them to animals and excluded them from civilization," said Fabrice Saubert from the League for Human Rights.
Bardot's lawyer informed the public that the actress sent a letter to the judge explaining the motives behind her statements:
"I wrote that letter out of the heart and out of anger. Animal abuse at La Réunion is a reality. We have to stop pretending it’s not."
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By: Sarah R.
