During an interview for Le Parisien, Florence Porcel returns to a chargeable recording against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, which the police did not confront him with.
She was the first to file a complaint for rape against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor. On the occasion of an interview for our colleagues from Parisian, Florence Porcel opens up and looks back on her book, entitled, Shame. As she reveals that the journalist was confronted with accusations of rape, the author reveals that the former presenter of the 20 hours of TF1 would not have been confronted with a capital piece of the file. “I noted in the file that when the police had evidence proving that he was lying, it was not contradicted. For example, in 2009 (the day of his second alleged rape), I came for the interviewer. He told the police that he answered my questions for half an hour. However, I provided an audio file in which we hear him, very aggressive, telling me that he will not answer me not. Investigators didn’t tell him they had a tape and didn’t confront him.”
Highly critical, Florence Porcel returns to the first surveywhich resulted in a classification without follow-up : “I have every reason to be angry. There was a difference in treatment between my attacker and me which is not normal. I understand that I am being assessed to assess my trauma and to find out if I have a tendency to fabricate. I have no problem with that”, she confides. “But I regret that we did not try to find out if my attacker did not have a tendency to confabulation. Another example, the investigators moved to the premises of the production company A Prime Group where his office in 2009. Neither my lawyers nor I were invited. He was.”
Florence Porcel: “Whatever the circumstances of a rape, we always blame the victim”
For her, this kind of business reinforces the feeling of shame that women victims of rape can feel. “Little girls grow up with this feeling. In adolescence, when we start going out, we are warned: ‘Be careful, don’t put on a skirt that is too short, don’t come home too late, don’t behave like this’. If there is a problem, you will be made to understand that it is your fault. We are not believed, we question our testimonies. Whatever the circumstances of a rape, the blame is always placed on the victim. Moreover, seven out of ten rape complaints are dismissed. So automatically the victim is ashamed.”