Sébastien Cauet is at the heart of a very dark affair. On November 21, 2023, The Obs revealed that a complaint had been filed on Saturday, November 18 against the host for two rapes, including one against a minor over 15 years old. One of the alleged victims, Julie, shared the alleged exchanges that she had with the host around ten years ago. These discussions would have been marked by advances from the companion of Nathalie Dartois. Since then, other women have broken the silence regarding the 50-year-old’s inappropriate behavior.
In response, the person concerned made the decision to temporarily withdraw from NRJ. In addition, the latter also contested the allegations through his lawyer, Me Simon Clemenceau, in a press release before remaining discreet. This Sunday, December 10, 2023, after weeks of remaining silent, the radio man was Benjamin Duhamel’s guest of the week for his show It’s not every day Sunday broadcast on BFM TV. The opportunity for Valmont and Ivana’s dad to speak for the first time.
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“I’m in pieces, I’m devastated”
“I’ll try to tell you how I am right now, inside I’m in pieces, I’m devastated,” he explained. Faced with Sébastien Cauet’s emotion, the journalist then tried to recall the facts, but this was without counting on the intervention of his interlocutor who spoke again to remind us that “the word of women is sacred, […] In my case, it’s a lie.”
Exit this interruption, our colleague returned to the facts before being cut off a second time. “I will give you the facts. I am the first complainant in this story. I am the first to have filed a complaint. I suffered horrors, fabrications, […] I went to file a complaint for harassment. Two days later a complaint arrives with something that had never been said before…”
Annoyed, Benjamin Duhamel tried to regain control of the interview. “To take things in order and stick to the facts…”. And Sébastien Cauet retorts: “I was trying to give them to you.”. Tense atmosphere on the news channel…
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