While the columnists of the show “Touche pas à mon poste” are still on vacation and quietly waiting to be determined on the fate of the C8 channel, Guillaume Genton has just spoken.
On Instagram, the columnist and producer returned to the affair between him and Nicolas Pernikoff, another columnist… who allegedly scammed him a large sum of money.
Guillaume Genton ruined? Return to the Nicolas Pernikoff affair
Columnist on the show “Don’t touch my post” for several years, Guillaume Genton is also an outstanding producer who produces numerous shows and documentaries for various television channels. Enough to allow him to lead a luxurious lifestyle, a lifestyle that he unfortunately had to stop and adapt… due to financial difficulties.
In September 2023, Guillaume Genton revealed, on C8, that he had to sell several of his properties because of non-payment of several invoices from the company “La Nouvelle”, owned by Nicolas Pernikoffanother columnist for the show.
Guillaume Genton thus revealed that despite several reminders, Nicolas Pernikoff still owed him the sum of 165,520 euros for broadcasts and projects related to advertising, which were ultimately never paid.
Guillaume Genton explodes live
“It’s simple, two years ago, Nicolas Pernikoff ordered advertisements from me, for TV, for brands, because he has a communications agency. He ordered advertisements from me for €165,000 and he never paid me! It’s very simple! Obviously I gave him deadlines, there were conciliations. I gave him 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, 1 year. place a payment schedule for his debt, he paid once, then he stopped paying…”, explained Guillaume Genton, furious.
The young dad then explained that he had decided to make the matter public after seeing Nicolas Pernikoff have a great vacation in the south of France after making him new promises of payment.
“This summer, he’s posting photos of himself fishing for salmon trout in Cap-Ferret, sorry, but it’s just a joke. When you’re riddled with debt and you’ve smoked up all of Paris, you don’t post vacation photos!”, he protested.
Guillaume Genton then explained that he was faced with significant financial concerns which forced him to radically change his lifestyle. “I sold all my boxes, I lived in 350 m², I returned to 30m2, I had problems, partly because of him, that’s a hole of almost €300,000, but I pay all my teams”.
For his part, Nicolas Pernikoff denied Guillaume Genton’s accusations which he seems to avoid since he has not appeared on the TPMP set for a long time.
A press release published two years after the start of the scandal
This Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Guillaume Genton published a press release on Instagram in which he discusses the state of the case. “Two years after attacking the company La Nouvelle, owned by Mr. Nicolas Pernikoff, regarding unpaid invoices since 2021, for a total amount of 165,520.71 euros,The Genton Group has still not received a single cent. This serious situation endangers our companies and their employees.” it is written.
He continues: “It was with amazement that we discovered that Nicolas Pernikoff had defrauded a total of more than sixty companies and service providers which have never been resolved.
“We are also surprised by the fact that the public service, France Télévisions and the France 3 channel, continues to entrust the production of programs (“Silence, ça grouse”) to a company whose manager shamelessly practices fraud and breach of trust then deplores Guillaume Genton.
And to conclude with annoyance: “These programs are produced with hundreds of thousands of euros stolen from service providers and Mr. Nicolas Pernikoff is protected by a justice system which vindicates the thieves and penalizes honest people”.
