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Brigitte Bardot was fined €20,000 — or about $23,060.20 — for calling the people of La Reunion “savages.”
On Thursday, the French actress was sentenced by the judicial court of Saint-Denis, Le Figaro reported. The 87-year-old’s press secretary, Bruno Jacquelin, was also fined €4,000 – or 4,612.04. The outlet noted that at the request of the star, he previously forwarded the letter in question to several media outlets, including AFP (Agence France-Presse), the international news agency in Paris.
In 2019, Bardot wrote an open letter where she referred to the Indian Ocean islanders as
“natives who still have savage genes” and “degenerate savages” in response to how they treat animals.
She specifically targeted the Hindu Tamil population, describing them as “a degenerate population still soaked in barbarous ancestral traditions” for “sacrificing goats” and using the “cannibalism of past centuries,” The Telegraph reported.
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Brigitte Bardot’s spokesman Bruno Jacquelin was also fined in court.
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In response to her statements, former Minister of Overseas Territories Annick Girardin wrote a letter to the actress, stating, “Racism is not an opinion, it is a crime,” Le Figaro reported.
A spokesperson for Bardot didn’t immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
This isn’t the first time that the animal rights activist has faced legal woes over allegations of racism.
In 2008, Bardot was on trial for insulting Muslims. It was the fifth time, she faced the charge of “inciting racial hatred” over her controversial comments about Islam and its followers, Reuters reported.
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Brigitte Bardot, a French actress and one-time sex symbol, retired from the film industry in the ’70s.
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