A number of individuals interviewed within the report Patrick Bruel: from seducer to predator?broadcast Friday June 12 on CNews, denounce having been manipulated concerning the id of the broadcasting channel.
Amongst them, Marine Turchi, journalist at Mediapartwhich printed an investigation in March into accusations of sexual violence in opposition to the singer. She claims to have been contacted on the finish of Could by a girl presenting herself as a journalist for RTL Belgium, and never for CNews: “I might not have granted this interview to a channel serving the union of the rights”. A journalist from Elle and the co-founder of #MusicToo are additionally among the many audio system involved.
The report was broadcast on RTL TVI on June 9, nevertheless it was primarily produced by Genton productions. Behind this firm: Guillaume Genton, near Cyril Hanouna and ex-columnist of Don’t touch my post.
Manufacturing defends itself
In a narrative printed on Instagram, Guillaume Genton responded that the report had been “commissioned and produced for a Belgian channel” and that “ CNews then acquired the rights for French territory. He specifies that each one the audio system have signed an authorization mentioning potential broadcast “on every other tv channel”.
The producer denies accusations of deception. “Opposite to what Mediapart asserts, at no time did our groups current themselves underneath a false id or as belonging to a different media with the purpose of deceiving anybody,” he assures.
Guillaume Genton believes that a few of the individuals highlighted by Mediapart harbor “a visceral hatred of CNews for private and political causes (…) We deplore that their ideology pushes them to jot down lies and deform actuality,” he provides, lastly welcoming the success of the documentary.
Not sufficient to persuade the witnesses. The co-founder of #MusicToo, Jean-Michel Aubry Journet, denounces “a narrative of morals and ethics”, refusing to be “utilized by a channel which makes our communities targets”. The lawyer for the alleged victims, Myriam Guedj-Benayoun, speaks of “betrayal” and evokes potential “id theft”. Mediapart proclaims that it reserves “the opportunity of taking authorized motion” in opposition to the authors of those strategies.
