Pierre Ménès trial postponed to 2023

“Pierre Ménès is seriously ill, he will not be present at the hearing”, warns, this Wednesday morning, Me Wassermann before entering the hearing room of the Paris Court of Justice, where his client was summoned to answer for acts of “sexual assault”. Three cases were to be tried in the morning. The first concerns a hostess at the Parc des Princes. The other two two saleswomen of a Nike store. President Éric Vivian has decided to postpone the hearing until next year, to March 8, 2023. Arriving 50 minutes late due to difficulties in constituting his tribunal, the judge explained that the expected time to hear these cases in the morning was underrated. “This is a file that cannot be held in 40 minutes. I will be clear: it is not because the alleged victims are not present at the hearing and that there is no complaint that we have to rush this file. You really have to take the time to be able to anticipate everything. » « Pierre Ménès will not be able to get better. Three weeks ago he was in a coma. He might even die. It’s going to go from bad to worse. This postponement will be detrimental to his health. Me Arash Derambarsh, one of Pierre Ménès’ lawyers As a result, the court ordered the dismissal. “As far as the calibration is concerned, we are going to set this audience for 4 hours. We will make sure to do some viewing that day and see the videos of the Parc des Princes. We will take the time to judge these cases. “Our client needed this case to be behind him. The facts are not that complex. We did not intend to drag on in pleadings, ”retorted Me Wasserman. Me Arash Derambarsh, the other lawyer for Pierre Ménès, has also expressed his concerns about the health of his client. “Pierre Ménès will not be able to get better. Three weeks ago he was in a coma. He might even die. It’s going to go from bad to worse. This postponement will be detrimental to his health. Pierre Ménès in the stands of the Parc des Princes. (F. Faugère/L’Équipe) “I find it unfortunate that the court cannot organize itself to study and analyze Mr. Ménès’ case in a case where, I remind you, there is no victim, nor plaintiff, there is no material element, added Me Derambarsh leaving the courtroom. There are no photos, no videos. Nothing engages the criminal responsibility of Pierre Ménès. This case is a pure scandal. “ The hostess of the Parc des Princes would have described the gesture of Ménès as “delicate, fast and precise” Pierre Ménès was to be tried for three cases. On November 20, 2021, Christelle* (33), hostess at the Parc des Princes, described having “felt a person pass between the wall and her”, jostling her a little in the process. At the same time, she would have seen a hand land on her “right chest”, before going down to her stomach. “From top to bottom, a delicate, fast and precise gesture”, she would have even qualified in front of the police. She would also have indicated that she had “a person in front of her” at the time of the events, before turning her head “immediately” towards the corridor leading to the stands and seeing Pierre Ménès. In addition to this Parc affair, Pierre Ménès, presumed innocent, is also being prosecuted, this Wednesday, for two facts dating back to June 2018 in a Nike store in Paris. Two saleswomen had filed a complaint against him for “sexual assault”. The first had seen its procedure dismissed by the prosecution; for the second, Pierre Ménès had been the subject of a legal reminder in January 2019. *The first name of the hostess has been changed.