Stéphane Plaza is in a very bad way. Targeted by two complaints for violence against two former partners, Amandine B. and Irma Paola R., His trial was held this Wednesday, August 28. More the PAF troublemaker did not show up: His lawyers sent the court a medical certificate signed by a clinical psychologist who declared the main person concerned to be a victim.severe depressive manifestations“namely “massive anxiety, dark thoughts, sleep disturbance“. “Although he wanted to be there, we had to prioritize preserving his mental health.“, explained one of his lawyers, Me Hélène Plumet, contacted by AFP. The hearing was therefore postponed to January 9, 2025.
Stéphane Plaza, victim of blackmail by a former partner
While four women had testified against the 54-year-old real estate agent, only two had filed a complaint. On August 7, the law firm Cab associés revealed thata woman with whom Stéphane Plaza had a relationship”is trying to use the upcoming trial to carry out schemes involving blackmail and extortion for the purpose of obtaining undue sums from him“. This one would harass the presenter of House for sale for months and would take advantage of the “judicial context, with the complicity of the father of her children, to obtain money in particular to repay her house by offering in return not to harm her in the media“, explained the lawyers of the M6 presenter. A blackmail to which the presenter of House for sale never gave in. In the press release shared on August 28 – visible in our slideshow -, the two lawyers of the small screen icon indicated thatThey filed a complaint against the two individuals for “harassment and attempted blackmail“.
The Plaza affair broke following an investigation carried out by journalist Sarah Brethes for the site Mediapart. The author of the articles concerning Stéphane Plaza had recently revealed a new recording in which we can hear the host being verbally violent with this “new complainant” claiming in passing that she had “lucky” to be with him. On August 23, Karine Le Marchand’s great friend had in turn filed complaint against Sarah Brethes for “public defamation, harassment and dissemination of a private recording“his lawyers had indicated. In a press release issued on August 28, 2024, Stéphane Plaza’s lawyers, Mes Hélène Plumet and Carlo Alberto Brusa, reveal that The journalist is no longer in charge of articles concerning the case on Mediapart.
Stéphane Plaza remains presumed innocent of the facts with which he is charged until the case is closed.
