Bastien Payet (“Les 12 Coups de midi”): five years after the death of the former candidate, Jean-Luc Reichmann gives a violent rant: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

The events took place on the night of March 8 to 9, 2019, around 3 a.m. Bastien Payet was the victim of a violent attack in a street in downtown Reims. The 23-year-old young man was severely beaten by three individuals and died of his injuries at the city’s university hospital. A real drama which shocked viewers of the show 12 Coups de Midi. It was in June 2018 that they met him. Monday March 11, 2024, Jean-Luc Reichmann spoke on his X account, formerly Twitter. The host let out a rant after learning that there had still been no trial in this case. “WHAT A SCANDAL! Bastien, former candidate for 12 Coups de Midi, was a very beautiful person. Still no judgment five years after his death!”, he lamented. Upset, the presenter continues: “His attackers were released and are today in the wild… Aren’t we thinking of his mother? Of his family in Reims?”

Bastien Payet: the young man’s mother speaks publicly

It was an upset Jean-Luc Reichmann who addressed Internet users. The host shared a video of the interview with Bastien Payet’s mother, given this Monday March 11, 2024 on Jean-Marc Morandini’s show. During this interview, Frédérique Couturier expressed her despair regarding this situation and she made a touching appeal for help. “Why would they deprive themselves of not starting again? Since nothing happens behind it, it’s been five years and nothing happens”, lamented the young man’s mother. Five years after the events, Frédérique Couturier confides living in real hell. “My life is totally destroyed. I lost my job due to disability. I lost my health. I lost my only son, I lost everything”, she concluded. Heartbreaking words which show the distress in which Bastien Payet’s mother finds herself.

Jean-Luc Reichmann: an upset and very upset host

When the events took place in March 2019, Jean-Luc Reichmann had already spoken. On his social networks, the host had a thought for his former candidate but also his loved ones. “Our family is in mourning. Very bad news. Bastien de Reims on the set of 12 Coups de Midioffered us a moment of extraordinary emotion. One of those suspended moments that you cannot forget in your life. At 23 years old Bastien represented the joy of living”, he wrote, upset. The candidate was unanimously appreciated by viewers and he made an impression by performing a slam piece. Since then, the young man’s family has hoped that justice will be done to him but, five years after his death, nothing has changed. A situation that despairs Jean-Luc Reichmann.