Most recently, Didier Raul, the former director of IHU Méditerranée, will be sent back to the criminal court for public defamation in April 2023, notes: Figaro The deputy prosecutor of the Nanterre court where the complaint was filed.
Lonnie Besanson, the author of this complaint, is a researcher specializing in human-computer interaction. Criticizing the work of the Marseille professor, he accuses him of publicly questioning him in a video published on the IHU Méditerranée channel on June 1, 2021, in which the controversial epidemiologist accuses him of wanting to attack. his institute.
The deputy public prosecutor gives details Figaro that “As for the right of the press, the constitution of the civil party requires an indictment on the basis of a complaint” and that there was “other choice in this matter than to send the case to the criminal court“. In other words, in the matter of the right of the press, whoever says that it is a complaint, necessarily says that it is a trial. “Given the current timelines, this hearing could not be held until the second half of 2023explained the judge.
In the video in question, Didier Raul actually says:There is another person writing who even offered to send a death squad to IHU, his name is Lonnie Besançon, but who are these people? What, they recruit in psychiatric hospitals?“.
By: Express, which was revealed on Tuesday by Mr. In Raul’s defamation indictment, the prosecution refers to a since-deleted tweet that read:But how to do it? Suicide attack against Rauli? Boycott CNews? Tweet and write to inform? The choice is great“. Problem, this tweet would have been posted by the mysterious @Mau_Adrien Twitter account, which has also been deleted, but not by Lonnie Besançon…
Lonnie Besançon’s attorney Mae Pauline Ragot explains The Express that Didier Raul’s charge had “caused significant personal and professional harmLonnie Besanson. “We are in a textbook defamation case. not only is it objectively confirmed that my client never said, wrote or planned an attack against the IHL, but also, it is a very serious accusation in the current context of the struggle. against terrorism as we know it. This irresponsible behavior should be punished by the judiciary“.
Complainant confirmed The Express being the target of many pro-Raoul internet users; “It is very serious, they accuse me of terrorism. And Raoult’s pro-Twitter pages, including Le Professionnel (since suspended), also accused me of being a collaborator, a Nazi, but also a sex offender, and mentioning my university every time shows that he. Fortunately, I was supported by my employer, but it caused a lot of stress“.
Source: Le Figaro
