Accused of sexual assault, Pierre Ménès placed in police custody – franceinfo

The journalist is the subject of an investigation for “sexual assault” opened on November 20 after a report.

Posted the 12/9/2021 11:08 AM

Update the 09/12/2021 12:45

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Journalist Pierre Ménès is currently in police custody, Franceinfo learned Thursday, December 9 from a police source. The former Canal + journalist is the target of an investigation for “sexual assault” opened on November 20 after a report.

Pierre Ménès is accused of having touched the chest of a hostess at the Parc des Princes on November 20, during the match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Nantes. The alleged victim did not file a complaint but the Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, entrusted to the 1st district of the judicial police. Pierre Ménès, for his part, filed a complaint on Tuesday, November 30 in Paris for “slanderous denunciation”.

No complaint has been filed, confirms the journalist’s lawyer, Arash Derambarsh, who also tells France Info Thursday that six testimonies from people present on November 20 at the Parc des Princes, including a police officer, clear Pierre Ménès.

Sidelined at the end of March after accusations of sexual assault, the 58-year-old former Canal Football Club columnist left the encrypted channel on July 1, ending nearly 12 years of collaboration.

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