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Cyril Hanouna was on trial this Tuesday, December 17 for insulting MP Louis Boyard.
JUSTICE – A subtle difference. We will have to wait a few weeks before knowing if Cyril Hanouna will be convicted before the Paris judicial court for insulting LFI deputy Louis Boyard in 2022. But throughout the trial which was held this Tuesday, December 17, the lawyers of the The star host of C8, who was not present in court, tried to demonstrate that their client had insulted Louis Boyard as a columnist, and not an elected official of the Republic.
“You idiot” ; « you’re an idiot” ; « bastard, go » ; « jester, go” ; « you are a piece of shit” : in November 2022, Louis Boyard filed a complaint with the constitution of a civil party against Cyril Hanouna, accusing him of having “insulted live for criticizing the owner of his channel”that is to say Vincent Bolloré. The TPMP presenter was therefore appearing for public insult to an MP.
But this Tuesday, the two defense lawyers insisted: the insults uttered by Cyril Hanouna, if they remain “regrettable”do not “no reference to the status of deputy or to the political action of Mr. Boyard”. Their comments were reported by 20 Minutes journalist Cécile de Sèze, present at the trial, on X.
The defense accuses Louis Boyard of a “media stunt”
For Me Stéphane Hasbanian, when the host declares “Elected or not elected, I don’t give a damn” on the set of TPMPIt’s good “the proof that he evaded the status of deputy for Boyard”. The qualification of “ person entrusted with a public service mission” therefore has no reason to exist, he believes. There is a fine line between Louis Boyard the columnist and Louis Boyard the deputy.
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The defense also believes that Louis Boyard provoked the C8 presenter by mentioning Vincent Bolloré and denounces a “media stunt”, a “premeditated provocation” from the complainant: “Mr Hanouna should not have given in to provocation, he should not have fallen into the trap set by Mr Boyard”, “a professional in political agitation. » “The sequence itself contains a multitude of attacks from Mr. Boyard” against Cyril Hanouna, continue his lawyers.
The judgment is expected on February 25, 2025.
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