Thursday evening, France 2 broadcast a number of Further investigation dedicated to Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, accused by several women of sexual assault and rape. Among the testimonies of the show (to review here), that of Frédérique Lantieri. The former presenter Let the accused enter evokes his meeting with the former figure of the 20 hours. She met him for the first time in 1980 during an internship on Antenne 2 (now France 2). PPDA was then the newscaster of the public channel.
“I arrive and PPDA sees me right away,” she says. He took me under his wing for those two days. I was 20 years old. It was very flattering. He had to take me everywhere with him. I even think we had lunch together. He really took care of me. He must flirt with me a little, but he doesn’t make inappropriate gestures. He gives me compliments. »
“A few days or a few weeks later, I must have received one or two letters, one or two phone calls from PPDA making me a little more pronounced advances. I declined very simply and it stopped there, ”she continues. But this is not the end point of the story.
“What the hell is she doing there, that one? »
A few months later, Frédérique Lantieri crossed paths with the journalist again, during an internship at Paris Daily this time. She must attend the filming of a political program filmed on the same set as that of the presenter. “There were ministers in my memory, politicians, all the cream of political journalism at the time. They are all there. Me, I’m a little girl. I’m 20 years old. I open my eyes and my ears wide and I don’t miss a thing,” she recalls.
And to continue: “We are waiting for PPDA to finish the newspaper, because the show takes place on exactly the same set. He finishes. He comes out like a king, like a star, he knows a little about everyone. He goes to say hello. Suddenly, he sees me. Very loudly in front of everyone, he said to my editor: “What the hell is she doing there, that one? You took her? We didn’t want her!” . Everyone looks at me, in my memory. I don’t know what to answer.” “Why did he want to humiliate you in front of everyone? », asks the presenter of Further investigation. ” To take revenge. Because I declined his offer,” replies Frédérique Lantieri.
Directed by Romain Verley, Manon Descoubès and Mikaël Bozo, this Further investigation attracted 1.72 million viewers, or 19.3% audience share. As Puremédias specifies, this is a historic record in market share since the broadcast of the show on Thursday evenings in 2011.
A total of 17 complaints have been filed against the former JT presenter. For its part, PPDA denies the accusations and has filed a complaint with civil action for slanderous denunciation against 16 women.