The court has delivered its verdict. Jean-Marc Morandini was tried for sexual harassment and concealed work during his trial. This took place on Tuesday June 13, 2023 and Wednesday June 14, 2023. The judgment was finally rendered on Tuesday August 29, 2023 and the host was sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence for sexual harassment by the Paris Criminal Court. As stated The Parisian, the same day, Jean-Marc Morandini also received a obligation of psychological care and three years of ineligibility. His production company, Do not zap! production (NZPP), will have to pay a fine of 10,000 euros for concealed work. Florence Rault, his lawyer, affirmed his intention to appeal this decision. For its part, it is in a press release that the chain CNews, on which the journalist is present on a daily basis, declared that Jean-Marc Morandini will always be present on the air. “We are committed to respecting the presumption of innocence. Jean-Marc Morandini will continue to present his program on CNews“, we could read. Pending a possible second court decision on appeal, Jean-Marc Morandini remains presumed innocent of the charges against him.
Conviction of Jean-Marc Morandini: facts that allegedly took place in 2015
During his trial, the journalist, presenter and television producer was tried for facts that date back to 2015. It was on the set of a web series called The Falcon that Jean-Marc Morandini would have encouraged young actors, aged 19 to 26 at the time of the events, to show off naked for castings. The host would have approached them on social networks using a female pseudonym. Under the identity of Catherine Leclerc, a casting director, Jean-Marc Morandini would have sent insistent emails of a sexual nature. “He had sent them e-mails insistently asking them to send videos of them naked, with their pubes shaved, and of scenes of masturbation sometimes with ejaculations”had indicated France InfoJune 14, 2023. The media also explained that the host would have asked one of them if he felt ready to give her a blowjob. The five men filed a complaint against Jean-Marc Morandini via his production company.