A sequence that does not pass… February 13, 2007, on the set of 93, Faubourg Saint-HonoréTristane Banon had confided having been sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former director of the IMF subsequently accused of having sexually assaulted a chambermaid at the Sofitel in New York. “He wanted me to hold his hand […] From the hand, it moved to the arm, he unhooked my bra […] It ended very badly because we started fighting. I ended up leaving, he immediately sent me a text saying a little provocatively, ‘So, am I scaring you?’ And I spoke to him! When we were fighting, I said the word ‘rape’ to scare him, but it didn’t scare him that much.”declared the novelist. At the time, Thierry Ardisson had a somewhat light, even funny, reaction. Friday December 15, 2023, Audrey Crespo-Mara was invited to react to her images which can be considered scandalous today. “I discovered Thierry’s shows once I met him, because I didn’t watch what he did. On the other hand, it shocks me. But today, Thierry told you that ago a moment, that is to say they were all drinking before”, declared the host’s companion on the tray of Dailyon TMC.
Audrey Crespo-Mara: “The story and the reactions shock me”
In complete transparency, the interviewer Seven to Eight lamented: “I think that as a result, there are some slightly fat laughs that are there because they are not sober… In this case, the story and the reactions shock me today, of course!” For his part, Thierry Ardisson assured that he regretted not having reacted correctly to the painful story of Tristane Banon. “Jean-Michel Aphatie was there that evening, he rebelled, saying: ‘You can’t say that’. We stopped filming”he recalled, before the political journalist, also present around the set, clarified: “I asked for the sequence to be cut. I said ‘I’m not staying on a show that broadcasts that’ and Thierry told me ‘Don’t worry, we’ll cut it'”. Cash, Jean-Michel Apathy added: “It was not the place to report a rape, that if a rape had happened, it was to the police station that you had to go and that you could not witness that […] I found it scandalous.”. For his part, the former host of Hello Earthlings indicated again that he regretted his reaction, before adding: “But over a 40-year career, it’s not that serious…”
Tristane Banon: “They just want the details”
Tuesday December 8, 2023, Tristane Banon was present on the tray of C to youon France 5. After watching an extract from 93, Faubourg Saint-Honoréthe novelist remembered: “They laugh, they are curious about the details. Then, there are those who know the reputation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and there are those who, in any case, know this story”. Indeed, Thierry Ardisson’s guests did not seem surprised when they heard her say that she had been sexually assaulted by the former Minister of the Economy, once a candidate in the 2007 presidential election. “I’m in front of them and they just want the details […] That’s what interests them, it’s the sulphurous side, the crunchy side”she lamented.