An adventurer from "Koh-Lanta" indicted, the victims "shocked"

• "Le Canard enchaîné" revealed that one of the candidates of "Koh-Lanta" was indicted as part of the investigation into the Gabian fire in August 2016.

• A young firefighter died, and three others were seriously injured.

• "The victims are shocked," says Luc Abratkiewicz, the victims' lawyer.

Five and a half years after the tragedy, which claimed the life of a firefighter and seriously injured three others in a forest in the north of the Gabian fire department (Hérault), the victims found that one of the people indicted as part of the investigation was in the cast of the next

, which is due to start on February 22, on TF1.

It is

which revealed this information, in its last edition.

"The victims are shocked, and feel, once again, despised by the SDIS" [Fire and Rescue Service], confides to

 Luc Abratkiewicz, the lawyer for the family of the firefighter who lost the life of Gabian, and of two of his colleagues, who were injured.

They “have been in a trial for a very long time, they are waiting for the end of the instruction, which is long, which is scheduled for the end of the year.

During this time, we highlight one of the executives in a reality show.

The presumption of innocence does not prevent us from respecting and showing dignity in the face of the victims.

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"How the hierarchy" could she let him participate, wonders a victim

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, one of the victims of the Gabian fire, wonders about "how the hierarchy [of the SDIS], knowing the facts, authorized this person" to participate in

.

“I understand that it is to defend the image of the firefighters, but the least you can do is protect your agent, and tell him that this case is in progress, we are not for it. that you participate, but once the case is judged, obviously, with pleasure, that we will encourage you, ”she notes.

In a press release, the SDIS of Hérault specifies that the "indictment of the officer in this case comes under his former functions as head of the training department and does not constitute, pending the continuation of the procedure a fault on the part of the agent who remains presumed innocent".

The management of the fire brigade recalls that its agent "participated in this program in a personal capacity and during his annual leave period using his time savings account, in the same way as any other agent who requests it to commit to sporting or cultural challenges or personal projects.

“And the SDIS ensures that she did not ask him to do the show.

The production company was not aware, she says

Au

, Adventure Line Productions (ALP), the company which produces

, assured that it was unaware of this indictment.

“The information concerning him was not public and it is covered by the secrecy of the instruction”, assures ALP.

The candidate “indicated that he was not the subject of any conviction and sent us an extract from his criminal record.

His indictment does not call into question these elements since he is at this stage of the procedure legally presumed innocent.

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20 Minutes

asked the Hérault candidate, through the production company, which indicates that he will not speak, being subject to the secrecy of the instruction.

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