Elise Lucet is on all fronts ! While an issue of Special Envoy was initially supposed to revolve around “scams with fake bank advisors”, the summary of Élise Lucet’s Thursday evening show was modified at the last minute! If this subject will be well presented in the issue broadcast this Thursday, February 29, 2024 as a bonus on France 2, it will however be relegated to second place. Indeed, the highest paid journalist at France Télévisions broke his summary to focus on the Gérard Miller affair
which has been disorienting the French audiovisual landscape for several weeks.
This Thursday precisely, The Parisian devoted a long investigation to Gérard Miller, titling Dark side. The newspaper has made new chilling revelations about the most renowned psychoanalyst of the PAF, and who turns out to be the highest paid columnist of all Laurent Ruquier’s collaborators, all programs combined (We’re going to embarrass ourselves, We just want to laugh about it, We’re not in bed, We haven’t said everything, We’re live…). A few weeks ago, Muriel Cousin and other women who preferred to remain anonymous publicly accused Gérard Miller of having sexually assaulted them during hypnosis sessions practiced at his home for some, and in his office for others. A survey published by the magazine She which Gérard Miller had firmly condemned, denouncing false and defamatory remarks.
“He massaged me and touched my buttocks, breasts, back”
But since then, more than forty women have testified against the psychoanalyst, and who claim to have also been victims of similar acts, responding to an identical modus operandi. All claim to have been victims of sexual assault or sexual touching during hypnosis sessions. The singer Lio got involved in the controversy in her turn, claiming to have heard of the professional’s excesses several years ago, but never made them public. This is also the case for Isabelle Alonso and Christine Bravo, who worked with him for a long time during the filming of Laurent Ruquier. This Thursday, February 29, it is Élise Lucet who will give the floor to three other alleged victims, who will deliver new chilling testimonies against the star columnist.
These three women, who had already answered questions fromShe, will all reveal the circumstances of the attacks which they attribute to Gérard Miller. Their names are Charlotte, Romane, Mathilde, and all claim to have been spotted in the same way: in the audience of shows hosted by Laurent Ruquier. Charlotte will reveal during the interview that she had a black hole, after having consumed a glass of alcohol offered by Gérard Miller. When she comes to her senses, the young woman has a single vision : that of finding yourself in your underwear, with your pants around your ankles. “He (was) massaging me, touching my buttocks, breasts, back”she still remembers.
120 testimonies in total, Gérard Miller continues to deny
Romane, for her part, declared having been trapped by “the therapeutic aspect” of the session, thinking that it was above all a professional attitude: “He told me to lie down on his bed. I was embarrassed, but seeing the therapeutic aspect of it, I played along. He told me to close my eyes, and imagine myself in the sand. As he told his story, he caressed my whole body.” will she reveal to Élise Lucet. The journalist, an investigative specialist, went even further to refine her investigation and went to meet 80 former collaborators of the show We tried everythingall of whom agreed to testify. What did they see? What did they know? Are they silent? All will give identical operating procedures, and will reveal the methods used by Gérard Miller to accost young women in the audience of the broadcasts.
Joined by Élise Lucet and the teams ofCorrespondentGérard Miller refused to come and answer his questions in person, but nevertheless insisted on recalling that he was presumed innocent, and that he refuted all the facts with which he was accused by 40 women, now corroborated by 80 former collaborators. Despite 120 testimonies that are similar and complement each otherthe psychoanalyst remains categorical: “I am certain that I have not committed any offense”. This unprecedented investigation, which promises many new revelations, can be seen this Thursday at 9:10 p.m. on France 2.