Former TF1 journalist Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, February 12, 2019. – ISA HARSIN / SIPA
After the accusations, the media counterattack. The former star presenter of the television news Patrick Poivre d’Arvor denies any form of control or constraint vis-à-vis the author Florence Porcel who accuses him of rape, and says he is “rebellious”, in a text published on his Facebook page.
“There has never been any form of control, nor a fortiori of constraint,” writes PPDA in this text published Friday evening. “The writings of Madame Florence Porcel that I have kept, for the most part subsequent to her accusations, will amply prove it”, he adds. “In all my life I have never forced anyone to a sentimental relationship, or of course to a sexual relationship,” writes the former presenter of the TF1 newspaper.
Florence Porcel has filed a rape complaint against the former television star: accusations she unveils in a novel, Pandorini, released in early January. PPDA denounces in this regard, as he has already done through his lawyer, the use made of his person “to ensure the promotion of a novel”.
“The search for notoriety does not excuse everything. No more fascination with what shines, ”writes the journalist, 73 years old.
Other women denounce PPDA’s behavior
He admits having maintained a “brotherly” relationship with the author, claiming to have even defended it on several occasions. “Until then, I had friendly relations with her and shared her taste for literature. Several times I have supported her when she published books or during her encounters with journalists, ”he wrote. “For me, defending the cause of women has always been a subject of primary importance. So I experience these attacks very painfully. And my family as my relatives consider them unbearable “, he wrote, adding to be at the disposal of the investigators to” restore his honor and the truth of the facts “.
The Nanterre prosecutor’s office said Thursday that it had opened a preliminary investigation after this complaint, confirming information from Parisian. Since then, other women have spoken out, denouncing inappropriate behavior and gestures. A former TF1 journalist assured 20 Minutes to have been warned and that a human resources investigation was underway at the time, which the channel denies.
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