How Bernard Kouchner and Christine Ockrent tried everything to bring down Olivier Duhamel: Femme Actuelle Le MAG


The story told by Camille Kouchner is that of many families entangled in silence as a result of incest. The 45-year-old lawyer had the courage to recount the alleged abuse suffered by her twin brother "Victor" (whose first name was changed so as not to reveal his identity) from their father-in-law, constitutional expert Olivier Duhamel. A poignant story to read in his book La Familia grande, published Thursday, January 7, 2021 by Editions du Seuil. Readers will discover how, for many years, the omerta took hold in the Kouchner / Duhamel family. If his big brother Julien believed him right away and showed his support, just like his aunt, actress Marie-France Pisier, "Victor" had to face the mistrust of his mother Evelyne Pisier, who preferred to protect her husband.

"They talked about it a lot"

Camille Kouchner and her brother were fortunately able to count on their father, former minister Bernard Kouchner, and his second wife Christine Ockrent, which they had informed in 2009. As revealed by the great reporters Raphaelle Bacqué and Ariane Chemin in their survey published Thursday, January 14, 2021 in The world, Bernard Kouchner did not hesitate to publicly attack the alleged abuser of his son in their common circles. Guest on the set of C to you the same day to discuss her paper, journalist Raphaelle Bacqué explained: "Bernard Kouchner and Christine Ockrent have talked a lot about it. They are often the ones who inform others ". Thanks to their outspokenness, Christine Ockrent and Bernard Kouchner even managed to make things happen: informed, the adviser Alain Minc distanced himself, just like the communicator Jacques Séguéla or the patron of France Culture, Sandrine Treiner.

The latter has also decided to take action with its teams: "Pretty quickly, she learns it and there, every time her journalists want to invite her, she warned them that it was not possible ". Despite these initiatives on the part of the politician and his wife, it took years for the story to come to light.

Read also : Olivier Duhamel case: the son of Camille Kouchner, 12 years old, "collapsed" upon learning the story of his mother