Eighties model Carre Otis gives update on her sex abuse lawsuit against photographer Gerald Marie

Carré Otis celebrated a legal victory on Monday, one that could have far reaching repercussions. The US Court of Appeals ruled her case against alleged abuser Gérald Marie, can go forward, even though the purported abuse took place in France Otis said she was only 17 when the photographer sexually abused her several times a week while she was working with him in Paris. 'It became clearer and clearer to me that if I did push back, I would not work,' she told The New York Times in August 2021 Otis said 2019 law, which allowed victims of past sexual abuse to file suit until the age of 55, and the Adult Survivors Act, passed in 2022, 'have allowed me and many others in our community to attempt to hold our abusers accountable for the harm they have caused.' She then went on to urge New York state Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Fashion Workers Act, which Otis said would help 'to prevent this abuse from happening in the first place.' Two dozen women have since come forward alleging abuse by Marie Former model Sara Ziff, 41, who has also filed to hold her alleged abusers responsible under the Adult Survivors Act, wrote, 'Proud to stand with you ❤️' The Adult Survivors Act allowed victims of sexual offenses to file lawsuits against their alleged abusers for a one year time period from November 24, 2022, to November 24, 2023, even though the statute of limitations on the purported crimes had expired.