Invited to the program “Bourdin Direct”, Yannick Jadot refused to go there. The reason ? The accusations of sexual assault against the journalist.
On January 15, 2022, the newspaper Le Parisien revealed that a complaint was filed against Jean-Jacques Bourdin for acts of sexual assault. According to the complainant’s account, the journalist tried to kiss her by force in 2013, in a swimming pool of a hotel in Calvi while they were covering the Petanque Open. “I always get what I want“, he would have said to him in the face of his refusal.
On January 18, an investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office. An announcement that falls when Jean-Jacques Bourdin has been appointed presenter of the program “La France dans les yeux”, broadcast on BFMTV, where he receives presidential candidates. The first guest, Valérie Pécresse agreed to come on the set under conditions and did not hesitate to knock out the candidate in full live. “If these accusations are true, they are serious and must be condemned. I will no longer let any woman be afraid to file a complaint“, she said.
Yannick Jadot refuses to come to Bourdin Direct
For his part, Yannick Jadot opted for a different approach. The Europe-Ecology-Les Verts candidate simply refused to go to the set of the “Bourdin Direct” program on BFMTV this Friday, January 21. According to the confidences of those around him on the website puremedias, this cancellation is well related to the investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office. It was Michel-Edouard Leclerc, chairman of the executive committee of Leclerc stores, who was invited to Bourdin Direct in place of the green candidate. The journalist disputes the facts.