On April 21, Mediapart published an investigation on Stéphane Marsan, boss of the publishing house specializing in fantasy Bragelonne.
About twenty women (authors, editors, students, translators, etc.) reported inappropriate behavior, with a sexual connotation, in a professional setting.
Stéphane Marsan sent the next day, through his lawyers, a right of reply in which he challenges all the facts attributed to him and formally refutes any accusation of sexual or moral harassment.
Since then, nothing.
And this is what bothers eight authors of the publishing house, that "no internal investigation has been carried out on the accusations of sexual harassment targeting Stéphane Marsan, suggesting that the Bragelonne company does not intend to respect its legal safety obligation provided for by article L-1153-5 of the Labor Code ”, they write together in a press release, accompanied by an open letter sent to the directors and shareholders of the company.
This is an unprecedented joint action in the world of French publishing.
If society doesn't react, they leave
Mel Andoryss, Samantha Bailly, Sabrina Calvo, Cécile Duquenne, Mélanie Fazi, Betty Piccioli, Véronique Roméo, Marie Valente… The signatory authors ask to know “the actions that the company intends to take to prevent any outrageous situation or harassment for its employees, its authors, translators and other service providers ”.
In the event of no reaction from the members, they will exercise their moral right of withdrawal to resume their rights over their creations and leave Bragelonne.
Other authors and translators from the publishing house support their action.
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