The accuser of Pierre Ménès will be found in justice. According to our information, Emmanuel Trumer, his former assistant, who had filed a complaint against the journalist of Canal + at the end of September for moral harassment and sexist insult not public because of sexual orientation, is summoned before the 17th chamber of the criminal court of Paris on February 26 for public defamation. The consequence of a legal counterattack launched by the polemist of the encrypted channel at the end of December.
Just before Christmas, Emmanuel Trumer had published on Twitter a series of texts from the journalist from Canal +. In a text posted on his personal site, the son of Pierre Ménès' artistic agent accused him of "uninhibited racism", "of very serious behavior towards women" and affirmed that he presented it as "my little fag assistant. " Remarks which he will have to explain after the direct quotation (which makes it possible to send a person to justice without investigation of the parquet floor) launched by the lawyer of the journalist, Me Arash Derambarsh.
“We have certificates from the production company ( Editor's note: where Emmanuel Trumer was employed at the time) and other people who assure us how much Pierre Ménès has always been respectful with him and valued him, says- there. We are going to show that these accusations are a huge hoax and deflate this buzz fueled by the media. "
The investigation against Pierre Ménès continues
"This quote has no basis, tells us the lawyer for the former assistant, Me Didier Seban. We will prove the truth of the facts denounced by Emmanuel Trumer and this procedure will turn against its author. "
The hearing of February 26 is a procedural hearing which must in particular make it possible to fix a date for the real trial. According to a source familiar with the matter, the case should then be heard within 18 months.
At the same time, the investigation which targets Pierre Ménès is still ongoing, the Nanterre public prosecutor's office tells us. Heard at the Boulogne-Billancourt police station (Hauts-de-Seine) in mid-November, Emmanuel Trumer transmitted a file in which there are several messages from the journalist to support his accusations.