Patrick Poivre d’Arvor at Roland-Garros in fall 2020 (archives) – CHRISTOPHE SAIDI / SIPA
The former presenter of the TF1 newscast Patrick Poivre d’Arvor was heard last Tuesday in open hearing by the police as part of the investigation opened for “rapes” after the accusations of the writer Florence Porcel, a- we learned this Sunday from a source close to the file. PPDA, which denies these accusations, was heard by the Brigade for the repression of delinquency in persons (BRDP) of the Paris judicial police, seized of the investigation opened by the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office, said this source, confirming information from the Sunday newspaper.
The case erupted after the filing of a complaint on February 15 by the writer Florence Porcel, who accuses the famous journalist and novelist, now 73, of having forced him to have sex in 2004 and fellatio in 2009 Since then, “multiple hearings”, in particular of possible witnesses of the denounced facts, or of people forming part of the professional environment of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor and Florence Porcel, have been carried out without filing an additional complaint, had indicated in mid-March another source close to the matter.
For its part, the newspaper The world collected around ten testimonies, posted online on March 15, reporting “abuse of a dominant position” on the part of Patrick Poivre d’Arvor over the years. At the end of March, the latter, who has always denied having forced sex on Florence Porcel or any other woman, filed a complaint for “slanderous denunciation” against his accuser. In an interview with Le Parisien on March 22, Florence Porcel, already heard by the police, assured that “the investigation will establish the facts”, saying she hoped that “Patrick Poivre d’Arvor be tried for his actions”.