Invited on the set of the France 5 show this Saturday, November 23 alongside the little girl's mother, the presenter was criticized on CNews and in “TPMP” for having assured that foreign people with the obligation to leave the territory had to be “treated in France”.
Christophe Hondelatte discusses the case of the murder of little Lola in “C l’Hebdo” © France 5
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This Tuesday, November 26, Christophe Hondelatte published a double message on the social network The host was invited on the set of the France 5 program presented by Aurélie Casse, alongside Lola's mother, killed in 2022 at the age of 12. “I took the time to respond to the less aggressive ones, and to argue as much as I could. I tiptoe away for a few days, while the monstrous horde that fell on me finds another bone to gnaw on!” he writes.
“You comment on an 'excerpt', edited like all program extracts, to create 'buzz'”
“You won't get me out of the idea that the Twitter algorithm is the great organizer of all this! This place has truly become disgusting. But I won't leave him, if only to keep an eye out for the bastards who seem to have taken over the place. May your night be sweet…“, he concludes.
Then in a second message, he adds: “I'm addressing this to all the idiots who lynched me for 2 days… You comment on an 'excerpt' edited like all program extracts, to create 'buzz'. I invite you to go watch the replay of the entire show! You will see that the attitude you attribute to me towards Lola's mother is very, very far from reality.“, assures the journalist.
“A lot happened before this excerpt. I love this woman, I respect her and understand her. There was no animosity between us. And above all I remember that she refused, from the beginning, the miserable recovery that certain hyper-active zigotos on this pitiful network imposed on her. It's my turn to ask you to respect Lola's memory, and the courage of her mother, by stopping recuperating this tragedy for the benefit of your rotten ideas. Come on, this time, I'm withdrawing for good!“, concludes the former presenter of “Bring in the accused”.
On November 15, a Parisian investigating judge ordered a trial against Dahbia Benkired, the main suspect in Lola's murder. This Algerian woman had been under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) for two months at the time of her arrest. His presence in France had triggered strong criticism from the right and the far right, with the government denouncing “indecency“of this”political recovery“The decision of his judgment puts an end to the question of possible criminal irresponsibility, while several psychiatric assessments had attempted to establish whether the main suspect was in a state”psychotic” or “psychopathic“at the time of the facts.”This woman is considered a psychopath“, assured Christophe Hondelatte in “C l'hebdo” this Saturday. “Psychopathy is not considered an excuse for crimes committed“, he specifies.
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“There was a political controversy that you wanted to get out of at the time“, he recalled a little later, speaking to Lola's mother. “This case was widely used by the far right on the pretext that it was under OQTF and therefore it was a demonstration that undocumented foreigners are dangerous“, underlines the presenter.
“Mr. Hondelatte is a psycho”
He continues: “This woman has never been followed in psychiatry. This is proof that state medical aid is very useful. It would have been ideal for this undocumented woman to be treated in psychiatric wards, to take medications,” he continues. “We have proof that these people, even if they are undocumented, need to be treated, including psychiatrically.“, he concludes. Puremédias invites you to watch the extract above.
A statement which earned him virulent reactions on the sets of CNews and C8. “Mr. Hondelatte is a psycho“, declared Julien Odoul, spokesperson for the National Rally, bluntly in “Morandini Live”.He's the only one who needs treatment in this story. Treating leftism“, annoys the far-right MP. “Let him say that in the morning on France Inter, let him say that in his living room with his friends from 'Mediapart', very good, but let him dare to say that next to the victim's mother (…)“, he continues.
“The only remedy is not psychiatric, it's just that this person should have left, should have been returned to their country.”. Same speech on the set of “TPMP”, where Cyril Hanouna and his columnists seemed to agree that the host, expert in news items, had said “anything”. “What I know is that if she was under OQTF she had nothing to do here“, concludes the host.
In November 2022, Arcom had given C8 formal notice due to the media treatment of the Lola affair in “Touche pas à mon poste”, precisely for a breach of its obligations.to handle a current legal case with moderation and respect the presumption of innocence“and its obligations”expressing different points of view on a controversial issue“. The media treatment of the affair, in particular on CNews and C8, had been at the heart of a documentary from France 5, from the collection “The Factory of Lies” in May 2023 (“Lola Affair, chronicle of a recovery”) Calling the authors of the documentary “thugs“, Cyril Hanouna had accused the public service channel of having “stole the images” of his program.
