Saturday evening, at the very beginning of the show, Léa Salamé received in
“What an era!”
on France 2 Christine Dupont de Ligonnès and Bertram de Verdun.
The younger sister of
Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès
and her husband carried out their counter-investigation and identified in
Xavier, my brother presumed innocent
published by Harper Collins the gray areas of this never elucidated affair.
13 years ago, the bodies of Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children Arthur, Thomas, Anne and Benoît were found under the terrace of their house in Nantes.
The father is the main suspect in this case but has since remained untraceable.
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For more than 40 minutes, the two guests discussed their doubts and shared “their truths”.
Thus, Christine Dupont de Ligonnès is convinced that her brother did not kill his family and that the discovery of the five bodies is
“a set-up”
, that people
“participated in this scenario”
and that police officers were
“ accomplices in an exfiltration
.
“I understand very well that one could find this totally far-fetched but ultimately it is a hypothesis that has been swept aside but the arguments that are put against me do not have that much weight,”
he said. she conceded.
During the interview, she insisted on refuting
“fraternal or family blindness”
and estimated that her brother was not fleeing:
“They would have to come and prove the opposite to me because the file is full of strange things »
.
Also read “A staging”: the sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès believes in “an exfiltration” in which police officers participated
Statements that shocked viewers.
Some were surprised to see them in “What an era!”, others did not hesitate to call for the responsibility of Léa Salamé and France Télévisions.
“How can we leave a platform open to such comments about public service?
Are we at Hanouna or France 2?”
,
“At some point, we all have a responsibility in processing information.
We really need to stop feasting on people's distress
, ”
“Invite this woman to rant about such things and thus follow in the footsteps of conspiracy theorists of all kinds, as if there weren't enough of them.
I don't understand the editorial interest in this interview.
You have a responsibility
, ”
“But how is it possible to fall so low in a public service program?
It's to cry with sadness and shame"
,
"Lunar like sequence..."
,
"Does the search for ratings justify everything?
It would seem so
, ”
“Don’t you realize to what extent this invitation, this interview this evening is extremely embarrassing and complacent?
Is that what my taxes are for?”
, can we read in particular on X.
Several times during the interview, Léa Salamé recalled certain elements of the investigation to which Christine Dupont de Ligonnès and Bertram de Verdun were keen to provide their answers each time.
“In the eyes of the investigators and in the eyes of all those who were interested in the case, apart from you, your brother remains the number one suspect and that there was a premeditated murder of a mother and her family. four children.
I want to say it again and if you are right, we will of course say it
,” concluded the host.
An hour later, Philippe Caverivière returned, in his own way, to the statements of Christine Dupont de Ligonnès.
“Very nice Christine “Kiki” from Ligonnès, a little strange all the same, smiling, perhaps too smiling even
,” he began before imitating her:
“
“Xavier is fine, he is in the United States , I have the letter, I have elements.
Xavier is an international spy, I can't say but there you go.
[...] I
wanted to tell you but the children are fine, the dogs too, they are in Los Angeles, they are having good weather
.
This is not the first time that “What a time!”
is heavily criticized over the choice of a guest.
On February 11, 2023, Léa Salamé received Charles Sobhraj aka “The Serpent”.
In the 1970s, the septuagenarian is said to have murdered around thirty people.
He spent 21 years in prison in India and in 2004 in Nepal, he was sentenced to prison for murder before being released at the end of 2022 for health reasons.
“
I’m not going to lie to you, we thought about “The Serpent”
,” the journalist ended up conceding.
“I had doubts, it’s not easy.
Still, the guy spent half his life in prison.
He served his sentence.
His story has sparked dozens of books and films.
There was the immense success of the Netflix series.
He takes out his book.
After all, those are the times too.
It's the time.
These are crazy times.
I remind you that TF1 broadcast its interview with “Le Serpent” in “Sept à quatre” at 7 p.m.
We were the last guest.
I knew it was going to provoke reactions, we assume them
,” she added.
Also read “I had doubts…”: Léa Salamé hesitated before receiving “the Serpent” in “What a time!”
As part of the promotion of their book, Christine Dupont de Ligonnès and Bertram de Verdun will tour TV sets and radio studios.
They will be present on RTL on Wednesday March 13.
Once at 7:40 a.m. opposite Amandine Bégot then at 2:30 p.m. in “L’Heure du crime” presented by Jean-Alphonse Richard.
They are also expected the same evening on W9.
The channel chose to shake up its programming to devote its evening to the affair.
They will be questioned by Nathalie Renoux.