It is a new testimony that shivers down the spine. The writer and columnist Florence Porcel, thirty-seven years old, accuses the journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor of having raped her several times between 2004 and 2009 while she was still a student. According to information from Parisian, a judicial investigation for "rapes" has just been opened at the Nanterre prosecutor's office and entrusted to the brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person. This will try to shed light on the circumstances of the facts alleged against the ex-companion of Claire Chazal. And for good reason, according to the words of the young woman, the journalist ousted from the JT of TF1 in 2008 would have imposed multiple blowjobs and sex in his office after having had a toxic relationship with the complainant. Contacted by the daily newspaper, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor spoke of "accusations which can only be fanciful". Back to a chilling story.
"Do you realize that you have become a woman?"
As explained The Parisian, it all started on November 8, 2004 when Florence Porcel agreed to visit Patrick Poivre d'Arvor. Indeed, following an admiring letter sent to the journalist a few days earlier, the young student receives a phone call that she will never forget. According to her, PPDA asks her about her age, the fact that she is a virgin, the frequency with which she masturbates … Despite this anxiety-provoking climate, Florence Porcel decides to accept the journalist's invitation the next day. On site, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor offers him a glass of alcohol before sexually assaulting him. "Do you realize that you have become a woman? ", he would have told her after the act. "At the time, the student would not have realized that she had just suffered a rape", can we read in The Parisian. But five years later, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor would have relapsed.
After having asked him for an interview as part of her thesis, Florence Porcel sees the writer journalist again in 2009. Once there, the latter refuses to answer the questions asked and begins an intimate conversation with the young woman. According to her, he would have tried to kiss her before dragging her by force away from the windows and would have taken out his cock to force him to perform an unprotected fellatio. "Florence Porcel ensures that this time, she tells him orally of her refusal. She pushes him away and tries to free herself", can we read. After a long psychotherapy and a deep discussion about it with her parents in 2018, the 30-year-old writer finally decided to take legal action. If the first alleged assault of 2004 could be time-barred, the second is not.
Contacted several times by The Parisian, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, presumed innocent, spoke of "accusations which can only be fanciful" and announces that he has contacted his lawyer "to initiate the legal proceedings which would be necessary".
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