He had promised not to stop there. After his altercation Thursday evening with Cyril Hanouna during the program “Touche pas à mon poste”, LFI deputy Louis Boyard announces that he will file a complaint against the host of C8. “I will file a complaint with a thought for the millions of people who have been insulted. Insulted every time TPMP invited the far right and made racist and Islamophobic remarks on their broadcasts, ”he wrote on Twitter, echoing a press conference organized this Monday at the National Assembly.
The elected representative of rebellious France also reiterates his request to the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, to open a commission of inquiry into the Bolloré group, owner of the Canal + group of which C8 is a part. “The forces of money control 90% of our media. There is a democratic issue. Open a commission of inquiry into the hold of the Bolloré empire,” he wrote on the same social network.
Thursday evening, the LFI deputy had left the set of “TPMP” live, after a violent argument with the flagship host of the channel. Invited to address the subject of the French reception of the ship Ocean Viking, Louis Boyard explained in a press release shared on Friday that he had “recalled that five billionaires own more than 27 million French people”. “I took the example of Vincent Bolloré, boss of C8, whose Mediapart newspaper documented his involvement in land grabbing of local populations in Cameroon, he continued.
Statements subject to legal action
The tone rose between the two men. “You’re a jerk”, “go crazy”, “jester”, “you’re a shit”, “shut your mouth”, had launched the presenter to the deputy of the third constituency of Val-de-Marne. This flood of insults, associated with the complaint filed by Louis Boyard, could not be without consequences for Hanouna.
Indeed, these insults can directly lead to legal proceedings. In September 2020, the Ministry of Justice encouraged public prosecutors to consider insulting remarks against elected officials as “contempt of a person holding public authority or responsible for a public service mission”, above the head of “insult”.
Depending on the circumstances, the author of a contempt of an officer may face a prison sentence of up to one year, and/or a fine of up to 7,500 or even 15,000 euros.
“I am whole, loyal, sincere, and I will always be myself on the air”, assured this Monday morning Cyril Hanouna on Twitter, explaining to be “blood and true like some politicians”. “The only thing I regret is insulting him,” he admitted, acknowledging that “it’s not a good example. For the rest, I have no regrets and I will always defend my friends. »