The facts date back to 2011, according to a source familiar with the matter. Francois Durpaire, who had a brief relationship with a young woman, is now accused of raping her. According to newspaper information The Parisianwho have been confirmed by the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Officethe historian and consultant who works on BFMTV was placed under judicial supervision in September 2022.
In May 2011, the plaintiff would have gone to François Durpaire, in his apartment located rue de la Roquette, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, to have an explanation with his former companion. It was at this time that she allegedly suffered the rape that she now relates to the Paris prosecutor’s office. In 2020, she would have found him to discuss the case and would have been entitled to a pecuniary proposal to hush up the affair. The historian would have given him 5000€ in advance, promising him €60,000 in total, but the young woman would have decided to file a complaint anyway.
This will allow the manifestation of the truth
François Durpaire was summoned on Tuesday August 31, 2022 and was placed in police custody following his interview. He would have first accepted to answer the questions of the police investigators, then would have finally locked himself in silence in front of the investigating magistrates, during his first interrogation. François Durpaire, well known to viewers, particularly for his expertise in the United States, now has his name displayed, on BFMTV, in the drop-down banner at the bottom of the screen, which evokes its removal from the antenna the time of the investigation.
He was placed under judicial control by the investigating magistrates, but his lawyer, Me Dorothée Bisaccia-Bernstein, seems confident. “It was a few months he had heard of accusationsthis opening of judicial information reassured himthis allows him to know the charges that are brought against him, she explains. This will allow the manifestation of the truth. Mr. Durpaire will give his explanations during the examination on the merits which will take place in a few weeks.
François Durpaire remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment of this case.