The Trial for Defamation of Marie Portolano Centered on the Actions of Pierre Menès
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The trial for the defamation of Marie Portolano remained focused on the actions of Pierre Menès on Monday, despite the absence of the former consultant of Canal+. The trial on the merits of the case, a sexual assault, is to be held in November.
The hearing between Marie Portolano and Pierre Ménes was held in the absence of the latter. The debates focused on the actions of the former sports columnist, whom the journalist accuses of being a member of the European Parliament.
During the trial, the journalist recounted the "strategies of avoidance" adopted by herself and the other women at each presence of the sports consultant who, in 2016, was designated by L'Equipe as the 10th most influential personality of French football. Pierre Ménès had brought the matter before the court three months after the publication of Marie Portolano's book, "Je suis la femme du plateau", published in March 2024 in Stock editions, in w…
Judged on Monday 7 September in Paris after initiating the proceedings, the former columnist of Canal + did not appear at the hearing, which turned in favour of the journalist. The debates focused on the accusations of sexual assault and the misogynistic climate denounced within the channel.
The former sports chronicler of Canal+ accuses the journalist of having lied about her in her book "I am the woman of the plateau", published in March 2024. He is to be tried on 16 November for several sexual assaults, including one on Marie Portolano.
Pierre Ménès did not appear before the judge on Monday, 7 September, when he had initiated proceedings for defamation of Marie Portolano after the publication of her book "I am the woman of the plateau". During the debates, the journalist denounced the sexist climate within the Canal+ channel.
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