Mélanie Faure with Louise Bernard 11:42 a.m., November 08, 2021, modified at 11:42 a.m., November 08, 2021
Darius Rochebin withdrew his complaint against the Swiss newspaper Le Temps. In turmoil due to accusations of sexual harassment within the RTS television channel, whose news reports he presented from 1998 to 2020, the journalist who now officiates on LCI would have found an agreement with the former owner of the daily.
Darius Rochebin drops the charges against the newspaper
Le Temps
. The journalist had sued the Swiss daily following the publication of an investigation into the accusations of sexual assault against the journalist, published in October 2020.
"Le Temps
takes note of the withdrawal of Darius Rochebin's complaint following the article 'The RTS, Darius Rochebin and the law of silence', "writes the newspaper's editorial staff on Friday, November 5. According to the Swiss press and Darius Rochebin's lawyer, an agreement was found between the latter and the Ringier group, which was a shareholder in Le
Temps
when the article appeared.
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Darius Rochebin has always disputed the facts
An agreement that
Le Temps
briefly mentioned in its
press
release: "
Le Temps
is not a party to the agreement relayed by the media and does not know its content. The same applies to its owner, the Aventinus Foundation.
The article in question remains unchanged.
Le Temps
recalls that the quality of this journalistic work was rewarded with two Swiss Press Awards. "Two prizes awarded to Célia Héron, Sylvia Revello and Boris Busslinger, journalists who conducted the investigation and collected nearly 30 testimonies.
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Darius Rochebin was accused of "inappropriate gestures" and "salacious words" when he worked at RTS.
"Hands slipped under the shirts of male colleagues, recurring salacious allusions or proximity to young men are regularly mentioned [in the testimonies]", we can read in the long investigation.
The journalist disputed the facts and lodged a complaint.
In France, it had been removed from the LCI antenna until external investigations ordered by the RTS were carried out, and which had finally cleared it.