Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. During the presidencies of François Mitterrand and then Jacques Chirac, he was several times a minister, holding several times the portfolios of Culture and National Education, as well as government spokesman.
Defending people accused of sexual crimes
Jack Lang has repeatedly supported public figures accused in cases of pedophilia and other sexual crimes, Alain Sarde and Robert De Niro in 1998[1], Frédéric Mitterrand in 2009[2], Roman Polanski in 2010[3], Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2011[4], Woody Allen in 2018[5], Christophe Girard en 2020[6] and Bastien Vivès[7] in 2023.
According to Lang, he and Jeffrey Epstein met several years ago at a dinner organized in honor of Woody Allen at the Parisian home of Camilla Crociani, Bourbon Princess of the Two Sicilies. "Epstein was a charming, courteous and pleasant person," says Jack Lang, who evokes a "passing relationship". "I only went to his place on Avenue Foch once for lunch. It is true that he was often accompanied by some pretty women, but who were obviously not minors". Lang said he does not remember having met Ghislaine Maxwell, but acknowledges having known her father well. "Robert Maxwell is someone that everyone met in the years 1985-1986 during the maelström around the privatization of the channel TF1[8]
Epstein bankrolled a French organization whose executives have ties to Lang. The name of the group, L’Association Pour La Promotion De La Politique Culturelle Nationale Menée Dans Les Années 80 Et 90 Du Xxème Siècle, translates to "Association for the Promotion of National Cultural Policy Conducted in the 80s and 90s of the Twentieth Century." The group’s mission, listed in French incorporation documents, is as vague as its title: to promote the major leaders and achievements of these decades’ cultural policy. The French organization, which has no website or social media presence, launched in 2018 - the same year it received $57,897 from Epsteins' Gratitude America. Two of Lang's former aides are officers of the association, while one current employee of Lang’s office is a representative of the group.[9]
Coral blue ballet
- Full article: The Coral blue ballet
The Coral blue ballet was a case of sexual abuse of minors that was exposed in France in 1982. Highly publicized at the time, the case is marked by the questioning of several public figures, which gave rise to a certain suspicion of manipulation or cover-up, by either police or politics. Many political or intellectual personalities, often oriented to the left, were cited in the denunciations. Jack Lang, then minister of culture, was in particular accused .
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References
- ↑ Jean-Michel Décugis, Pauline Guéna et Marc Leplongeon, Ministère de l'Injustice, Éditions Grasset, 2022, 255 p. (ISBN 978-2-246-82751-1 archived), p. 20 to 28
- ↑ "Lang soutient Mitterrand" archived
- ↑ Jack Lang prend la défense de Roman Polanski archived
- ↑ Lang : "un acharnement, un lynchage (E1) archived
- ↑ Jack Lang défend Woody Allen, accusé d'abus sexuels sur sa fille adoptive archived
- ↑ Jack Lang réagit à la "démission forcée" et "attristante" de Christophe Girard archive,
- ↑ Affaire Bastien Vivès : « Interroger ou contester le travail d’un auteur est légitime, le bâillonner ne l’est pas archived
- ↑ https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/affaire-jeffrey-epstein/enquete-franceinfo-jeffrey-epstein-un-homme-poli-et-genereux-qui-aimait-la-compagnie-des-femmes-selon-son-homme-a-tout-faire-francais_3595669.html
- ↑ https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-bankrolled-strange-foundation-with-ties-to-former-french-minister-jack-lang
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