Three former colleagues of Manu Levy, who accused the star host of NRJ of “moral harassment”which he disputes, won their case on Friday, November 15, at the industrial tribunal. The radio was ordered to pay them more than 300,000 euros in total.
Isabelle Giami, Valentin Chevalier and Aude Fraineau, who demanded the reclassification of their contracts as permanent contracts or, for the third, additional overtime, must also be compensated for the moral damage suffered, according to the judgment.
“It’s a big, fairly clear and severe victory for NRJ”welcomed their lawyer, Pierre Vignal. “Clearly, moral harassment has been recognized”he estimated. Requested by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the NRJ group did not react immediately.
“Career damage”
Cyrille Laporte, member of the social and economic committee of the NRJ group, who contested a warning received after an attempted dismissal, must also be compensated to the tune of approximately 8,000 euros. Another complainant, Pauline Goireau, who linked the end of her trial period in the NRJ podcast subsidiary to the fact that her partner, Valentin Chevalier, was “whistleblower”on the other hand, had his requests rejected.
Manu Levy's former collaborators, at the helm of the radio morning show since 2011, criticize him “extreme control” et “an immense workload”explained Pierre Vignal in April. “All have seen their health affected” et “suffered career damage”he added, affirming that the harassment was “the determinant” of their departure from the radio station in 2023.
The host, for his part, “categorically refutes all the facts of which [il est] overwhelmed ». “In thirteen seasons on NRJ, I have not been aware of any complaint concerning me. Over the last ten years, Valentin Chevalier has stayed for eight years, Isabelle Giami for five years”he emphasized in April in a statement sent to AFP. Gaël Sanquer, deputy director of musical media for the NRJ group, had, for his part, criticized the “blackboard, caricatured and misleading” drawn up by the plaintiffs.
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