A new trial for Jean-Marc Morandini. The television host already sent back to correctional for “corruption of minors”, will also be tried for “sexual harassment” and “hidden work” in another case, indicated a source familiar with the matter, confirming a
BFMTV information.
In an order dated December 23, which AFP was aware of, the investigating judge in charge of the investigations ordered the referral of Jean-Marc Morandini to the Paris Criminal Court for “sexual harassment” against him. a complainant, and that of his production company Ne Zappez pas! Production for “covert work” against five complainants.
Castings for a Web-series
The magistrate, however, ordered dismissals for “sexual harassment” against four other complainants. “There had been classification without action of five complaints, there there is a dismissal for 4 of the 5”, underlined Me Céline Lasek, lawyer of the host. Regarding the fifth, “Mr. Morandini will demonstrate that he has not committed harassment in court,” she added.
In July 2016 in Les Inrockuptibles, two young actors accused Jean-Marc Morandini, now 56 years old, of having taken advantage of the castings made for an erotic web-series called The Falcons to encourage them to show off naked. According to their testimony, a person posing as “Catherine Leclerc” – in reality Mr. Morandini under a pseudonym – had urged them by email to send videos of themselves naked and scenes of masturbation.
In total, five actors had lodged a complaint for “sexual harassment”. They had also denounced acts of “hidden work”, the production company not having declared the actors to social organizations. Seized of this complaint, the Paris prosecutor’s office had closed its investigation in December 2016. But the complainants had obtained in 2018 the resumption of the investigations by an examining magistrate.