Pierre Ménès in the Canal Football Club.

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+ Libres, the majority union of Canal +, has "learned of the convening of several employees of the sports editorial staff to an interview prior to their possible dismissal," the organization said in a statement posted on Twitter.

For the union, these convocations are linked to "the signature by the employees concerned, of the press release supporting Sébastien Thoen", the comedian fired at the end of November, after a sketch parodying the show L'heure des pros from CNews, the channel info of the group whose parent company Vivendi is controlled by billionaire Vincent Bolloré.

A link with "" the leaks "of extracts not broadcast from the documentary"

“We imagine that they also have a link with“ the leaks ”of extracts not broadcast from the documentary I am not a slut, I am a journalist, insofar as some employees are part of the documentaries service of the sports editorial staff. “, Continues the press release.

Canal + was accused on March 22 of having censored this documentary on sexism in sports journalism to protect its columnist Pierre Ménès, the passages implicating him in two cases of alleged sexual assault having been cut from the final version, according to the website Les Jours.

The deleted sequences had been unveiled on March 24 by our colleagues of the Days and had sparked an outcry against the sports columnist

Pierre Ménès will no longer participate in the Canal football club "until further notice", reacted the encrypted channel, assuring that it had opened an internal investigation on his journalist ten days after the broadcast of the documentary Marie Portolano.

"+ Libres is extremely shocked and will do everything in its power to prevent the implementation of new unjustified sanctions", announced the union, calling "the Management to restore confidence and serenity within the services and in particular to the Sports editorial staff and to cease all attempts to intimidate employees and their representatives ”.

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