The dismissal of Rachid M’Barki imposes changes in the Altice group. It is Christophe Delay, presenter of the morning of BFMTV, who will become the new co-host of “Bring in the accused” on RMC Story, the channel announced on Wednesday.
RMC Story indicated in a press release that “16 unpublished episodes” of this miscellaneous program would be broadcast “soon” and presented by a “new duo”: Christophe Delay and Dominique Rizet, police-justice consultant of BFMTV who was already co-presenter of ” Let the accused enter “. Christophe Delay is a journalist and presenter of the “Première edition” news section from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Monday to Friday on BFMTV.
A major crime show
Rachid M’Barki, who co-presented “Bring in the accused” since the show’s arrival on RMC Story in 2020, was fired in February by the Altice group, because of suspicions of foreign interference in his work as a night news presenter on BFMTV. A complaint against X for passive corruption and breach of trust was also filed on February 22, said the general manager of BFMTV, Marc-Olivier Fogiel, on February 23 in an internal email announcing the dismissal of Rachid M’Barki.
Created in 2000 on France 2, “Bring in the accused” – with the famous seventies thriller credits originally composed by Michel Legrand – traces a major criminal case in each issue. The show was successively presented by Christophe Hondelatte (and his famous leather jacket) from 2000 to 2011, Frédérique Lantieri from 2011 to 2020, then Rachid M’Barki. Dominique Rizet has also been present as a columnist since the beginning. The program is produced by 17 June Media, which belongs to the Newen group.