The announcement of the departure of Jean-Pierre Pernaut from the TF1 13 Hours JT in September 2020 caused a real tidal wave in the PAF community. After thirty-three years of good and loyal service, one of the favorite entertainers of the French has decided to rest and since January 4, 2021, journalist Marie-Sophie Lacarrau has replaced him. The young woman, well known to public service viewers is a regular in the news since she was presenting the 13 Hours of France 2 newscast. And it was September 17, 2020 that her audience saw her for the last time on France 2: the next day, while it was planned, she could not present her last news before joining TF1 and thus make her farewell to his loyal fans. A decision she had not understood, as she had confided to the Sunday newspaper in November : "I left quickly and I regret it. It was a bit violent and surprising. It pained me not to say goodbye more properly."
Did Marie-Sophie Lacarrau ask for 160,000 euros in compensation?
January 10, 2021, Le Parisien / Today in France maybe bring an element of response to this somewhat brutal end of mission. Indeed, according to information from our colleagues, Marie-Sophie Lacarrau would have liked "benefit from the voluntary departure plan put in place until 2022" and thus claim to compensation up to the tidy sum of 160,000 euros. A real fortune since the journalist had been an employee of France Televisions for 20 years. This completely legal request would have, according to The Parisian irritated at the highest in the offices of the public service group. "In the event of a voluntary transfer to head-on competition, it is rather frowned upon to go through the jackpot, the management informed him", write our colleagues who specify that Delphine Ernotte, patron saint of France Télévisions, would have "saw red" and thus decided to deprive his host of farewell to the air. If the group has not commented on this denial, the journalist denies: "This is completely false. On September 17th, when I went to the HR office, it was to hand in my resignation letter. And I came out with my signed letter. I didn't ask for any compensation. ".
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