Helpline to report sexual harassment at Cannes Film Festival

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 11:09 PM

Helpline to report sexual harassment at Cannes Film Festival

Cannes, April 28: A helpline for women to report sexual harassment at the Cannes Film Festival will be set up following four alleged attacks at the event in the past by Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul.

Marlene Schiappa, France's gender equality minister, said industry grandees would be warned to watch their behaviour when they arrive at the world's most prestigious film festival, which takes place in the Riviera resort next month, reports telegraph.co.uk.

"We've gone into partnership with the Cannes Film Festival to tackle sexual harassment and set up a helpline," Schiappa said.

"One of the rapes that Harvey Weinstein is accused of happened at Cannes, and so the festival cannot fail to act."