heated altercation between two “TPMP” columnists

This weekend, Delphine Daviet-Ropital, the mother of little Lola, was on the set of “C l’hebdo”. On October 14, 2022, her daughter was found dead in a trunk in front of her Parisian building in the 19th arrondissement. The suspect Dahbia B., a 26-year-old Algerian national subject to an OQTF (obligation to leave French territory), will be tried next year at the Assises for “murder of a child under fifteen” and “ rape with torture and barbaric acts.”

On the same set and next to this grieving mother, Christophe Hondelatte declared : “We have here clear proof that state medical aid is essential. These people, even if they are undocumented, also need to be treated, including psychiatric care..

Either we are in the contest of emotions, or we are trying to debate seriously.

Thomas Guénolé in “TPMP”

An analysis endorsed by Thomas Guénolé, new recruit of the season. “He raised a very important subject which is under the radar, which is that we have 3 million seriously mentally ill people in France, 40% of whom are not treated”argues the columnist. Words that provoke the anger of Gilles Verdez: “It’s disgusting to say that Thomas, I can’t let you continue”. The two men, however, often have speeches linked to a similar political ideology, but this Tuesday, November 26, is an exception.

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“What you are saying is that this lady will never be judged. It doesn't matter, she didn't know what she was doing? Dahbia B. killed consciously by locking her in a trunk, massacring her. There, Thomas, you're kidding, you can't say that on a television set.protests Gilles Verdez.

“Either we are in the contest of emotions, or we try to debate seriously”tries to appease Thomas Guénolé, but his interlocutor is furious: “Little Lola’s mother, are you going to tell her that you are not emotional?” It’s Cyril Hanouna who puts an end to the debate: “There is only one thing that must be remembered, which is that it was an OQTF, so stop, there is no treatment, there is nothing. If she hadn't been there, Lola would be alive.”.

Reports to Arcom

Already in 2022, the affair had sparked numerous comments on the set of “Touche pas à mon poste”. Cyril Hanouna had expressed his fears live on C8 that the suspect would escape conviction due to her mental disorders. “For me, if we have all the proof, it’s direct perpetuity”he declared. A position taken up to the highest levels.

The Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti denounced: “Mr. Hanouna requests a speedy trial for the alleged suspect of Lola's murder. Is this the concept of the rule of law that we have in this country? The rule of law protects us and the balloonist to increase ratings, I cannot accept!” Arcom, the media regulator, issued formal notice to C8 a few weeks later, estimating “that the host was able to express his opinion at length without a rapid and effective contradiction being opposed to him.

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