It is 1 of the world’s champion loved comic publication series, selling 352 cardinal copies crossed the globe portion being translated into much than 110 languages and dialects.
But for the past six years, The Adventures of Asterix person besides been the root of a bitter household feud betwixt the series’ co-creator Albert Uderzo and his daughter, who has accused her begetter of selling retired to large business.
The latest twist successful the ongoing quality came connected Tuesday erstwhile French judges dismissed a the assertion by Sylvie Uderzo that her begetter was mentally frail and being exploited by those seeking to nett from his celebrated creation. The justice besides ordered the dismissal of the full case.
The assertion was archetypal filed successful 2011, successful which Sylvie accused an unnamed enactment of “abuse of fragility” against her 86-year-old begetter successful bid to power the absorption of his literate estate.
Asterix astatine 50
The judges recovered "no capable grounds to suggest anyone had committed the offence of maltreatment of fragility" against Uderzo, helium said, describing the comic publication artists arsenic a "lucid" antheral who was "not successful a authorities of vulnerability" and who "has the afloat capableness to marque decisions ".
The quality betwixt Uderzo, who created Asterix successful 1959 on with writer René Goscinny, and his girl dates backmost to 2007, erstwhile Sylvie and her hubby Bernard de Choizy were dismissed arsenic managers of the institution handling Uderzo's estate.
‘Psychological violence’
A twelvemonth aboriginal Uderzo sold the institution to French publishing elephantine Hachette, a determination Sylvie claimed betrayed the tone of the books and near the Asterix franchise unfastened to exploitation.
In a 2009 missive to French regular Le Monde she wrote that it was "as if the gates of the Gaulish colony had been thrown unfastened to the Roman Empire".
The latest edition, "Asterix and the Picts", was released successful October. Written by Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by Didier Conrad, it was the archetypal successful the bid not written and illustrated by 1 of its archetypal creators.
However, Uderzo has fought backmost against his daughter’s claims, filing a judicial complaint against Sylvie and her hubby for "psychological violence" earlier this month.
Uderzo, accused Sylvie and her hubby of trying to "get their hands" connected his bequest and filing ineligible charges that had “no foundations” with the purpose of undermining his” intelligence integrity”.
"I person kept my rima unopen for years, but contiguous I person decided to act," helium said astatine the time.
"I privation to crook the tables connected those who are attacking me. Enough is enough!”
Following Tuesday’s dismissal, Uderzo and his woman Ada released a connection saying they hoped the determination volition “put an extremity to judicial and media harassment orchestrated by their girl and her hubby Bernard de Choizy".
However, Sylvie’s lawyer told AFP that she intends to motorboat an “immediate appeal”.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and REUTERS)
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