"
Yes, we did what we had to do
."
Yannick Jadot told AFP that he had canceled an interview with Jean-Jacques Bourdin on Friday, confirming information revealed by L'Obs.
A decision following the opening of an investigation in Paris on January 18 for suspicion of sexual assault against the journalist, who hosts the morning show BFMTV-RMC.
"
We did not want to brag about it by saying: look how virtuous I am
," added the entourage of the environmental candidate for president, to justify the absence of initial communication on the reason for this cancellation.
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It was finally the industrialist Michel-Edouard Leclerc who was questioned in his place on Friday morning.
On Tuesday, candidate LR Valérie Pécresse had participated in another program by Jean-Jacques Bourdin, in the evening from Corrèze.
But she wanted to make an “
introductory remark
” on violence against women, assuring the journalist that
“the law of silence is over”
.
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Visibly moved, Jean-Jacques Bourdin, the subject of a complaint for sexual assault by a former journalist from BFMTV and RMC, replied that he had decided "
not to (s) 'express on this subject
".
“
But I contest the facts reported by the press and I let justice do its job,
” he added.
After the revelation in
Le Parisien on
Saturday January 15 of a complaint for sexual assault for facts dating from 2013, the management of Altice Media, owner of the channel, had supported the 72-year-old host while saying he was ready to take "
all the measures that may be necessary
" depending on the "
evolution
" of this case.