French actor Richard Berry denies incest allegations

In an Instagram story pinned to his account, Mr Berry said he was facing “one of the most painful situations a man and father could face.”

“I deny these foul accusations unambiguously and with all my strength. I have never had inappropriate or incestuous relations with Coline, nor with any of my children,” he wrote.

France has been forced to grapple with a reckoning on incest after a political scientist Olivier Duhamel was accused of sexually abusing his stepson in the 1980s.

The allegations, contained in a book written by the alleged victim’s twin sister, sparked a wave of testimonies on social media and the hashtag #metooinceste.