The flagship host of M6 Stéphane Plaza, accused of domestic violence, said he “has a clear conscience” on Thursday on his Instagram account, even though the investigation carried out internally by the channel had not resulted in “any element” in November. justifying a sanction.
“I ask you to wait, as I do, for Justice to be done to clear my honor. I have a clear conscience, I continue and will continue to defend the cause of women,” he wrote on the social network, breaking the silence since the Mediapart revelations.
Open investigation
In an investigation published at the end of September, the information site, citing the testimonies of three of the host’s ex-partners, explains having “brought together numerous elements and stories testifying to mistreatment by the real estate agent popularized by M6 on three of his companions: humiliation, threats, verbal and, for two of them, physical violence.”
An investigation into domestic violence was immediately opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office against the host, who formally contests these accusations.
Initially a real estate agent, Stéphane Plaza became a star of the small screen when M6 propelled him in 2006 to the head of the show “Research apartment or house” then “Maison à vente” (2007) and “Chasseurs d’ apartment” (2015). Regularly named the French’s favorite presenter, he is one of the sure values of M6, bringing together several million viewers with his various programs.