"This is how we stone people", swung Herve Temime. Tuesday February 16, 2021, the one nicknamed "the most powerful lawyer in France" was invited on the set of C to you sure France 5 to raise the complaint that is based on one of its customers, Richard Berry. And for good reason, the actor's daughter, Coline Berry, filed a complaint on January 21, 2021 against her father for "rape and sexual assault on a minor of fifteen years by ascendant" and "corruption of a minor". If the complainant wanted to free herself from this weight forty years after the events, even if they are now prescribed, it is above all for the sake of recognition: "It was that or I die", she told France Info. Since then, several celebrities like Marilou Berry, Carla Bruni, Josiane Balasko … have spoken about this affair. For Hervé Temime, it's a "terrible observation".
"Is that the presumption of innocence?"
A few years after defending Bernard Tapie or director Roman Polanski, Hervé Temime tackles an equally tough case. However, as he explains to Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, one detail tends to confuse him. According to him, the recent reactions would flout the notion of presumption of innocence, so dear to French law. In order to support his argument, the ex-companion of Valérie Lemercier made a revelation that stunned the whole set: "There is such a fear of social media today that you know what happened on Friday night? (Editor's note: Friday, February 12, 2021) a film in which Richard Berry is only an actor, has been deprogrammed from France 3. (…) Is that the presumption of innocence? ", swayed the guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, causing general amazement: "Yes Mr. Cohen, and I'm glad to see your reaction!"
Very embarrassed by this revelation, the presenter of France 5 immediately indicates that she wishes to provide more details to this information before the end of the show: "Perhaps the reasons for such deprogramming should be checked. It should be checked", she added. "If ever that is not the reason, I will wait for tomorrow that we program a film in which Richard Berry is an actor. It will be the best denial that the public service can give me", Hervé Temime replied, strongly annoyed. "This is how people are stoned", he added, before leaving the floor to his interlocutor.
France 3's response live
A few minutes before the end of the show C to you, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine communicates directly the response of France 3 about the deprogramming of Damien's law: equal to the Gods, received in extremis on his mobile phone: "In order not to disrupt the legal procedures, of which the press is made the accounts, of Richard Berry and his daughter, in agreement with the beneficiaries, France 3 shifts the programming of La loi de Damien ", she announced live. An answer that will only please the lawyer in his argument: "So that's what I was telling you. I was right", Hervé Temime replied, before concluding violently: "I hope they have good lawyers …"
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