The trial of host Cyril Hanouna, who was to be tried on Tuesday in Paris for insults uttered on the set of his show Don't touch my poste (TPMP) against LFI deputy Louis Boyard in 2022, was finally postponed to December 17 for procedural reasons.
The civil party filed a request for adjournment due to a calendar incompatibility, Louis Boyard's lawyer being in Guyana for another case. The hearing will finally take place before the 17e criminal chamber of the Paris judicial court in a little over a month.
Cyril Hanouna faces a fine of 12,000 euros
Cyril Hanouna will appear for public insult to a corporate body, a civil servant, a holder of authority or a citizen responsible for a public service, by word, writing, image or means of electronic communication. He faces a fine of 12,000 euros. Franck Appietto, general director of C8, will also be tried for the same facts.
On November 23, 2022, LFI deputy Louis Boyard filed a civil complaint against the C8 host, accusing him of having “insulted him live for having criticized the owner of his channel” Vincent Bolloré.
“Tocard, go”; “Jester, go”
“You idiot”; “You’re an asshole”; “Tocard, go”; “Jester, go”; “You are shit”: in his complaint, the elected official targeted five statements made by the host against him.
Former TPMP columnist, Louis Boyard was invited as a deputy in an issue dedicated to the reception of the migrant boat Ocean Viking, on November 10, 2022. He then triggered the anger of Cyril Hanouna by pointing the finger at the “five people the richest” in France which, according to him, “are impoverishing Africa”, citing billionaire Vincent Bolloré, shareholder of companies in Africa and owner of the Canal+ group.
Seized on this sequence of around ten minutes, concluded by the departure of Louis Boyard to the boos of the public, Arcom sanctioned C8 in February 2023 with a record fine of 3.5 million euros. The media regulator considered that these remarks “infringed the rights of the guest, respect for his honor and reputation”, adding that this sequence reflected “a lack of awareness by the publisher of his obligation to control his broadcast “.
Louis Boyard but also Cyril Hanouna had each announced legal proceedings targeting the other after this broadcast.
