Pierre Ménès is at the heart of an investigation for “sexual assault”. The sports journalist, who was fired from Canal + after accusations of harassment revealed in Marie Portolano’s documentary, is accused of“sexual assault” by a hostess from the Parc des Princes. According to information collected by The Parisian, the sixty-year-old would have had inappropriate gestures against the young woman and would have “touched his chest”, while attending the PSG-Nantes match on November 20. A preliminary investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office the same day.
Present on the set of Do not touch My TV on November 29, Pierre Ménès’ lawyer, Arash Derambarsh, was invited to respond to this news. “I was informed two or three hours ago. There is no complaint, it is the public prosecutor’s office which is seized of the case”, he explained. Before giving some details on the evening that the journalist spent at the Parc des Princes.
“Pierre Ménès attended the match in his box with three other people. They stayed with him from the start to the end of the match. And I have their three CERFA certificates. SIf the public prosecutor persists in this way of wanting to smear my client, I will file a complaint for slanderous denunciation against X “. Master Derambarsh recalled that, according to the complainant, there would have been “inappropriate gestures”. “But we are far from sexual assault”, he assured on the set of TPMP, recalling in passing that Pierre Ménès disputes the facts.
As a reminder, the former columnist of the Canal Football Club has been sidelined from the Canal group since the cases of harassment and sexist behavior that weighed against him, following the broadcast of the documentary I’m not a bitch, I’m a journalist. Since his ouster, Pierre Ménès has launched his digital platform, Pierrot Football Club.
Pierre Ménès remains presumed innocent of the facts with which he is accused.