Sébastien Cauet files a complaint for “attempted extortion” and “slanderous denunciation”

According to sources close to the matter, Cauet suspects a woman of having broadcast a false conversation between her and him, accusing the latter of rape, in the hope of recovering money from the host.

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Sébastien Cauet, November 20, 2021 (FRED DUGIT / MAXPPP)

The lawyers of radio host Sébastien Cauet announced Monday, November 27 in a press release that they had filed a new complaint with the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office, this time for “attempted extortion by an organized gang, slanderous denunciation, and forgery and uses against unnamed persons.”

According to sources close to the matter, Cauet suspects a woman of having broadcast a false conversation between her and him, accusing the latter of rape, in the hope of recovering money from the host. Sébastien Cauet’s lawyers talk about “relevant material evidence […]noted by a court commissioner” And “transmitted to the competent judicial authorities”. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to franceinfo the filing of this complaint.

Cauet is the target of an investigation for “rape of a minor over 15 years old”, opened on November 22, the day after the complaint from another woman accusing the host of two rapes. At the same time, Cauet announced that he was filing a complaint for “slanderous denunciation” against the complainant.


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