A gesture as violent as it is incomprehensible. Sports journalist Olivier Ménard, presenter of the show L’Equipe du Soir on channel 21, was attacked late Monday morning in the lobby of his building, we learned 20 minutes from a source close to the file, confirming information from Parisian. The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “intentional violence” and entrusted the investigations to the Issy-les-Moulineaux police station.
According to initial information, the journalist had just passed through the door of his building, around 11:25 a.m., when an individual slipped behind him, causing him to fall and then delivering several violent blows to his face. The man then quickly left by car. According to The Parisianhe would have accused him of having insulted his mother while Olivier Ménard claims not to know this man.
Damage to the front of the Team
Injured in particular on the face, the presenter will be absent from the air for several days. Investigators are wondering about a possible link with damage committed during the night from Sunday to Monday, around 2:30 a.m., on the facade of the chain: an individual struck several blows with a hammer on the windows of the building. A separate investigation for “damage” was opened by the prosecution and the investigations entrusted to the Boulogne-Billancourt police station where the channel is located.