While the trial against Stéphane Plaza opened on Thursday January 9, 2025, he who is accused of domestic violence against ex-partners, real estate professionals who are part of the franchise of the star host makes a radical decision.
Already postponed, theopening of the trial against Stéphane Plaza after the filing of complaint from several ex-partners for domestic violence is highly publicized. It must be said that we have been hearing about this affair for almost a year and a half, after the forum offered by Mediapart to the plaintiffs in 2023, and who pushed the management of the channel M6 to open an internal investigation to clear the famous 54-year-old host of any suspicion within his own teams. Stéphane Plaza can count on the support of colleagues with whom he surrounds himself on the various shows he presents, such as Search for apartment or house or Apartment huntersand others who appear on the list of French people’s favorite personalities, including Karine Le Marchand, or even Cristina Cordula.
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They have spoken one or more times in the past to remind us between the lines that an accused is innocent until proven guilty; while the facilitator, from now on, must deal with defections. Indeed, with the opening of the trial before the Paris Criminal Court, we learned that several agencies forming an integral part of the Stéphane Plaza real estate network created a few years ago now and which bring him a lot of money could move away from him.
Could Stéphane Plaza’s empire collapse?
The famous star agent holds a quarter of the company’s capital according to Marianne (50% M6), which lists a total of 665 franchisees. Over the last seven years, it would have also allowed him to earn 11.6 million euros in dividends, of which 2.27 million euros would have been paid to him in the spring of 2024 when the affair was already in all the heads, according to The Informed. But this disruptive element could very largely influence the rest of the story, as reported France Info on Friday, January 10, the day after the trial opened. Some agents say they are impacted by the resonance of the affair in public opinion and purely and simply wish change the name of their agency.
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This is what Sarah Laassir, a lawyer specializing in real estate law and franchisee law who was contacted by these agents, explains to our colleagues. “What they want today is to exit smoothly and be able to put up another sign”she reported, before revealing the motivations in complete transparency: “They face refusals of mandates, sellers who ask them to remove the for sale signs Stéphane Plaza“. It is all the more complex for these professionals as the real estate market remains very versatile at the start of 2025, both in new and old properties, and several experts have already spoken out about the difficulties facing they were faced with selling today given the general context, relying on the concerns of their clients and the rapid changes in borrowing rates in banks.
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Verdict February 18
Does Stéphane Plaza have every reason to fear that his empire will collapse? For now, the host must defend himself from the accusations against him. If he had already spoken on social networks to confirm that he would indeed remain standing despite the rumors concerning his morale, it is at the bar that he now stands. On the advice of his lawyer, he decided to refute all the accusations against him and suggested that he was suffering from a little-known illness. “I can’t control my strength because I’m dyspraxic and clumsyand I don’t see that she is in pain. There is a force that should not have been, it is an unfortunate incident”he declared in his defense to the Parisian court, after the facts alleged by Amandine, who he allegedly strangled, were exposed. According to the National Institute of Health and Medical Research, dyspraxia is considered to be a “coordination disorder” neurological which would be linked to “a poor representation of their body in space”.
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However, this did not prevent the Paris Prosecutor’s Office from requesting 18 months suspended prison sentence against the host judged for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by partner”. Verdict on February 18.
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