The fall continues for Patrick Poivre d’Arvor. His image already very tainted by the cases of sexual assault that target him, the former star of TF1 is now banned from all sides. France Télévisions has just dealt him the coup de grace by ousting him from A House, An artist, the show he launched in 2011 on France 5 and for which he simply lends his voice, without ever appearing physically. The group would have decided to trust another personality to embody the voice-over of the cultural program from next summer, as our colleagues from the Parisian.
France Télévisions therefore took a drastic measure after having first been challenged on Twitter by the “MeTooMédias” movement, created by several of the women who participated in the PPDA survey. “It is important and touching for us to see that our stories have been heard on France Télé. To our knowledge, the man we accuse is also still at the head of a program still broadcast on this same group. It’s a problem, isn’t it?“, they had denounced. Patrick Poivre d’Arvor thus finds himself excluded from the last media exposure that remained to him.
Recall that the one who found love has been the subject of serious accusations for more than a year now. The alert was launched by the writer Florence Porcel in February 2021, who revealed that she had been raped by the journalist. 20 other women then took the floor to give their testimonies, all related to sexual violence or harassment. 16 presumed victims have decided to go so far as to file a complaint, 8 of them denouncing a rape. The ex of Claire Chazal, for his part, has always firmly denied the facts of which he is accused. He even filed a complaint with civil action for “slanderous denunciation” against these 16 women.
PPDA remains presumed innocent of the charges until the final judgment of this case.