Hanouna-Boyard trial: what sentence for the presenter ?

Cyril Hanouna, the star host of the show “Touche pas à mon poste”, must be tried for the insults he made against the rebellious deputy Louis Boyard. The hearing has been postponed.

The altercation lasted about ten minutes, but two years later, it is still at the heart of the news. This Tuesday, November 12, the host was summoned to the Paris Criminal Court for “public insults”. The facts date back to November 10, 2022: Louis Boyard was invited onto the set of Touche pas àgrave my post (TPMP), a show regularly targeted by Arcom (the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority) for its successive slip-ups. Due to these repeated sanctions, the audiovisual policeman decided in July 2024 not to renew the DTT frequencies of C8, a subsidiary of the Canal+ group whose majority shareholder is the French billionaire Vincent Bolloré.

Unwittingly, the businessman was the initiator of the altercation between the host Cyril Hanouna and Louis Boyard. On the occasion of his visit, the rebellious deputy was to discuss with the other columnists the fate of the 230 migrants present at aboard the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking, rescued and welcomed at the military port of Toulon after several weeks at sea.

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Throughout his argument, Louis Boyard asserted that the five richest people in France were “impoverishing Africa”. As examples, he gave the names of two billionaires: Patrick Pouyann, the CEO of TotalEnergies, for his megaproject in Uganda and Vincent Bolloré for his involvement in the deforestation of Cameroon. An accusation not appreciated by the star presenter, working for the latter: “You know that you are in the Canal group here ?”, he had warned him.

A conviction that would be a stain

The exchange quickly turned sour. Louis Boyard refused to go back on his remarks and asserted with conviction that he had the right to express himself on the subject. The host then got carried away and had showered him with a shower of insults to try to silence him: "You're a shit", "buffoon", "stupid", "tocard".  

À Following this sequence, the channel was disappointed. pay the €3.5 million fine requested by Arcom in February 2023 for “infringing the guest's rights, honor and reputation.” A year later, on this day of trial, the sentence could be tougher: the presenter risks a fine of up to €12,000. But it is above all the fact of being condemned by justice that would remain a marker for the host, who likes to distribute good and bad points in his different shows.

The civil party filed a request for postponement due to a scheduling incompatibility, Louis Boyard's lawyer being currently far from Paris, for another professional matter. The hearing will take place before the 17th correctional chamber of the Paris judicial court on December 17.