PPDA Affair: Anne-Claire Coudray “Fallen Out of the Cupboard”, Frank Revelations on TF1

In the columns of Le Parisien, Sunday January 19, 2025, Anne-Claire Coudray was notably questioned on the Patrick Poivre d'Arvor affair, accused of sexual assault. The journalist assured that she had been very surprised with these revelations.

© Bestimage Anne-Claire Coudray assured that she was flabbergasted when she discovered this affair.

IN BRIEF

• In 2021, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, a famous journalist, was accused of sexual assault and rape, and indicted in December 2023 for the rape of Florence Porcel.
• In January 2025, Anne-Claire Coudray expressed her shock at the PPDA affair, describing the situation as a “trauma” for the editorial staff.
• Discover how the silence surrounding the PPDA affair continues to protect the journalist despite the 45 complaints filed against him.

The PPDA affair began in 2021. The famous journalist, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, was accused by many women of sexual assaults and rapes that took place over decades. The former presenter of the 8 p.m. news on TF1 has always denied the facts in a loop. He was indicted in December 2023, for the rape of Florence Porcel.

Since then, this case has continued to experience many twists and turns. In July 2024, he was the subject of five new judicial investigations for rape and aggravated rape. In the columns of the Parisien, Sunday January 19, 2025, Anne-Claire Coudray was questioned about this case. The readers of the daily newspaper wanted to know if she had been surprise upon discovering this affair.

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Anne-Claire Coudray on the PPDA affair: “We experienced it as a trauma”

“We all fell out of the closet and we experienced it as a trauma. We wondered about the questioning of the editorial staff, the fact that many people knew and that no one said anything“, she declared before adding: “We went back to those years, when we all worked with him. The word 'rape' was never pronounced, I can assure you“.

If the journalist therefore assured that she had never noticed anything, in February 2023, Romain Verley had assured that certain people were aware of what was happening in Patrick Poivre d'Arvor's office. “I know a lot of former TF1 employees who send me text messages but who remain hidden. The company does not want to take up the PPDA case, because it bothers us all. This silence does not help other women to come forward. In a way, the silence of the former PPDA protégés“, he declared with great firmness.

45 women filed complaints against PPDA

In all, in the PPDA case, 45 women filed complaints, half of them for rape. Two of the alleged accusers were minors at the time of the events. A collective of 90 women also filed complaints against testified in the media or in court against the man. For his part, before being indicted, the 77-year-old journalist had filed a complaint for slanderous denunciation.

As a reminder, PPDA remains presumed innocent of the facts with which he is accused.