The host Sébastien Cauet, indicted for rape, rejected on appeal of his requests for compensation from NRJ

The host and his Be Aware production group asked to be compensated, while refusing to demand a return to the air.

The Paris Court of Appeal dismissed the host Sébastien Cauet, indicted for rape, of his requests for compensation after being removed from the NRJ radio channel in November, the parties announced on Friday November 15 .

This decision confirms the judgment of the Paris commercial court of May 7. The host and his Be Aware production group asked to be compensated, while refusing to demand a return to the air.

The NRJ group “welcomes the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal” in a press release. Be Aware, for its part, shared its “big disappointment” in another press release.

“This verdict highlights the excesses of a system where media pressure now seems to prevail over the fundamental principles of law”continues in this text Me Frédéric Lamoureux, lawyer for Be Aware and Sébastien Cauet.

The 52-year-old host was indicted on May 24 by a Parisian investigating judge for rape and sexual assault on four women, including three teenagers, between 1997 and 2014, accusations that he contests. He was first placed under judicial supervision, with a ban on working as a radio host or TV presenter. The defense contested this judicial review and the courts finally authorized him to resume radio and television activity provided that there was no “no audience”.