A year and a half after his withdrawal from the NRJ branch, Sébastien Cauet, indicted for rapes and sexual assault on minors, returns to the air by joining Europe 2. A decision deemed “revolting” by Mathilde, 46, one of the first women to have complained against him in December 2023. “I have the ball in the belly. It’s as if I came back five years, “she says in The Parisian.
While the judicial investigation is still underway, Mathilde deplores a “disgusting” decision from the Bolloré group station. “Estaologically, it is to vomit,” she indignant. Today, she speaks of a “double pain”: “I was a victim, I killed myself for 20 years, I finally speak, and a year and a half later, he is back. It’s unfair. Europe 2 insults the victims. »»
A branch prohibition raised in July
Charged in May 2024 for facts concerning four women, the former animator of “the Cauet method” remains presumed innocent. He has since been placed under judicial supervision, with a ban on contact with the complainants. Its branch ban was lifted last July, provided you do not host a public program.
Our file on Sébastien Cauet
For Caroline Barel, vice-president of the Metomedia association, this return is a dangerous symbol. “It’s violent for all VSS victims. It is a huge kick to the speech that is released, “she said on a daily basis, before denouncing the attitude of the Bolloré group, already pointed out for having maintained Jean-Marc Morandini on the antenna despite his convictions. Neither Europe 2 nor Sébastien Cauet wished to react to the requests of the Parisian.
