The video, initially published in December by the Luxembourg feminist media “L’Effrontée” on Instagram, denounced “sexist behavior” by the host at the helm of the game show “Take it or leave it” on TF1 in the 2000s. the surprise kiss, we see Arthur say in the ear of another candidate: “I have always loved women who resisted me” or “The more you resist me, the more I will tame you”.
Questioned by “Le Parisien”, the host invoked “another era” at the end of December, conceding that “today, we could no longer animate in the same way”.
These extracts circulated widely on social networks, leading to anti-Semitic messages against the host-producer. He filed a complaint in December and the National Center for the Fight against Online Hate (PNLH) opened an investigation into public insults aggravated “by a discriminatory motive linked to religion”.
“Slanderous cyberharassment”
His lawyer, Jade Dousselin, denounced “slanderous cyberharassment” against Arthur, whose real name is Jacques Essebag.
The latter had also filed a complaint for infringement of the representation of the person by video editing.
He also filed a civil suit to ask social network X to remove all republications of the video. The hearing scheduled for Wednesday January 15 was postponed to February 18.
The host also assigned the Meta group (Facebook, Instagram, etc.), according to a source close to the matter.
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