The news fell on Friday, April 8. The journalist announced in a press release sent by her lawyer, Me Christian Saint-Palais, that the sexual assault investigation targeting Jean-Jacques Bourdin was rejected. This investigation was dismissed due to public prosecution on 7 April, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to Paris. “The Paris prosecutor’s office has just rejected the complaints against me.“, communicated with the television and radio presenter.
“no surprise because the complaint has actually expired. We would like to be informed of any investigative activity being undertaken.”For his part, he was close to the lawyer of Parisian Fanny Agostini. The time limit for “civil action prescription” is really six years.
On January 15, our Parisian colleagues revealed that Jean-Jacques Bourdin was the subject of a complaint for an alleged attempted sexual assault in Corsica in 2013. After several turbulent days watching the presidential campaign, the presenter was finally removed from BFMTV and RMC’s antenna.
The 72-year-old journalist expressed his deep regret over this release in a press statement he sent to AFP through his lawyer: “I regret the unilateral decision of BFMTV Group and RMC to withdraw me from the antennas to avoid the risk of instrumentalizing my complaint. I remind you that I have objected to the facts of my accusation and regret that the principle of presumption of innocence has been ignored.A month after this alleged sexual assault case broke out, journalist Fanny Agostini, former weather presenter for “Thalassa” on BFMTV-RMC and France 3, revealed to Mediapart that she was the source of the complaint.
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Source: Programme Television
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