PPDA case: Guillaume Durand gives his cash opinion on the journalist
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Guillaume Durand: the accusations of Florence Porcel, who claims to have been the victim of attacks by Patrick Poivre d’Arvor in 2004 and 2009, put the former TF1 flagship presenter in a difficult situation. In February 2021, Le Parisien reported this story and, subsequently, three other young women also spoke out, which led to the opening of a rape investigation.
Guillaume Durand does not want to “push” Patrick Poivre d’Arvor
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On Friday December 16, Guillaume Durand was the guest of the Jordan de Luxe show to discuss this matter. He said he likes Patrick a lot, but maybe he put some women in a bad situation. He made it clear he didn’t want to take sides as he isn’t qualified to do so and claimed he doesn’t want to “push people down” when things are going badly.
Guillaume Durand refrained from giving his opinion on this affair, but drew a parallel with Jean-Luc Delarue and his demons. He remarked that “everyone let him continue to go on air when he was “very badly and drugged up”, and suggested that we could have arrested him and told him “go and treat yourself”. He also acknowledged that success can lead to not taking a break, and concluded that he did not like “to be the prosecutor” and that he found that there were “too many people who judge others”. .
Florence Porcel: the whistleblower
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Since the revelations of Florence Porcel, the journalist targeted by a “rape investigation” was the main person concerned. His lawyer revealed that he considers the charges to be “fanciful” and intends to start legal proceedings.
The journalist then wrote a long message on Facebook where he spoke of his amazement at Ms Porcel’s allegations, which was “complacently relayed” by a daily. He also mentioned that until then, they had a “fraternal relationship” and shared a common taste for literature. His statements have been widely commented on.
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PPDA was a media figure for a long time. He started at France Inter in 1971. Three years later, he was hired by Antenne 2 to head the political department. In 1976, he became the presenter of the 8 p.m. television news. Shared between him and Christine Ockrent, the position of presenter of JT is his until 1983. He joins Canal + and hosts “Tous en scène”.
In 1986 he took charge of the 20h news in 1987. His notoriety was such that he had his puppet on Canal+ which became the star presenter of the Guignols de l’info in 1989. He presents his last 8 p.m. news on July 10, 2008. Laurence Ferrari then replaced him. In the weeks and months to come, Objeko will not fail to tell you about the news of PPDA.
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