The case seemed to have subsided a bit after the preliminary investigation against it was dismissed. “I have never accepted a relationship that would not be consented, that would be forced, never in my life. […] There’s nothing worse for me than forcing someone to do anything“, he said on March 3 to defend himself against the accusations of Florence Porcel. But now, eight women have agreed to testify in” Liberation “against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor in order to detail the dubious practices of the famous journalist. And all detail then the same modus operandi. All these women denounced a pattern of domination. “It took years to shake off the cover of disgust and shame, years to tell myself that I could have screamed, struggled, hit, run“Says Hélène Devynck, screenwriter and ex-journalist at LCI and who claims to have been raped at the home of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor in 1993.
New strong testimonies which come heavily to support the remaining doubts about the moral probity of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor vis-à-vis women. And among his former colleagues, languages are also starting to loosen. Asked to react to these accusations in the Culture media program on Europe 1, Jean-Pierre Pernaut said he was “very shocked” before making certain revelations: “I was very shocked by what came out in the press, it is lamentable that this kind of thing comes out in the press! […] Yes, he was someone who loved women and who never hid his love for women. He was a flirt, he liked to chat with them. […] His desk was in the middle of the writing, if bad things had happened, we would have known“.
TF1 is preparing an investigation into the PPDA affair
If the management of TF1 has so far not commented on the case, it could have recently taken a completely different decision. On Wednesday December 8, 2021, our colleagues from the Canard Enchaîné revealed that TF1 would be on the verge of proposing an investigation into its former star entitled “PPDA and the women who accuse him of sexual assault and rape”. It would be broadcast in the show Seven to eight, presented by Harry Roselmack who is none other than the former joker of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor at 8 p.m. on the channel.
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