Interrogate one of the best-known sports commentators for French television for sexual assault

The French Judicial Police stopped this Thursday to the Sports EXCOMENTARIST star of Canal + Pierre Ménès to question him. He is accused of sexual assault, as

Interrogate one of the best-known sports commentators for French television for sexual assault

The French Judicial Police stopped this Thursday to the Sports EXCOMENTARIST star of Canal + Pierre Ménès to question him. He is accused of sexual assault, as indicated by the Paris Prosecutor's Office and sources near the case, confirming an information of 'Le Parisien'.

The interrogation has begun this Thursday morning "at the request of the Prosecutor's Office", according to a nearby source. His lawyer, Arash Dembarbarsh, has specified Ménès, who had indicated in the media the will of him to declare, does "under the preventive detention status".

Ménès, 58, and one of the best-known football commentators of French television, is located in the Hurricane Eye after several companions accused him of sexual harassment in a documentary released in March. However, ongoing research is interested in what happened after a match between PSG and Nantes on November 20 in Paris.

A woman accused the policeman of sexual assault before the police, but without submitting a complaint. The prosecution of Paris then opened an investigation to clarify what happened. "We have six testimonies that exculpate Pierre Ménès and have filed a claim for slander complaint," his lawyer has indicated on Thursday.

According to the consulted demand, several people "confirm unanimously that he spent all the time with them from the moment he reached the cocktail in the rostrum, during the game and the posterior cocktail."

The accusations of sexual assault and the dissemination of the documentary on sexism in sports servers led to their departure in July of Canal +, after almost 12 years of collaboration. The chain was also white of criticism as it was considered to press for the sequences that incriminated it to be eliminated in the documentary assembly.

Ménès is accused of lifting the skirt of his companion Marie Portolano before the public of the program in 2016 before grabbing him from the buttocks and by strength to two of two journalists, Isabelle Moreau and Francesca Antoniotti.

Date Of Update: 09 December 2021, 09:50