The trial for “sexual assault” of former football star columnist Pierre Ménès was postponed on Wednesday by the Paris Criminal Court to March 8, 2023. “In a file with a gray area for and against, it is to the advantage of your client that it is not a sloppy file, “argued to the defense the president of the court, deploring a problem of hearing which left only one hour for the study of the file.

The 58-year-old sports journalist, "very ill" and hospitalized "until May", "almost in a coma", according to his lawyer Me Arash Derambarsh, was not present in court.

No civil party was present or represented Wednesday at the hearing.

Pierre Ménès disputes these accusations

Pierre Ménès is prosecuted for acts of sexual assault, "touching" in the chest and stomach reported to the police by a hostess of the Parc des Princes after the PSG-Nantes match on November 20 in Paris .

This woman had not filed a complaint.

He must also respond to a complaint for "sexual assault" filed in October 2018 by an employee of a Parisian Nike store.

Our file on Pierre Ménès

The complaint had been dismissed, after a reminder of the law by the Paris prosecutor's office, a criminal orientation which can be revised in the event of new facts.

Pierre Ménès disputes these accusations.

The journalist had been sidelined from Canal + at the end of March 2021 after accusations of sexual assault.

The ex-star columnist of the

Canal Football Club

left the encrypted channel on July 1, ending almost twelve years of collaboration.

Miscellaneous facts

Miscellaneous: an investigation opened against Pierre Ménès on his actions at Canal +

An investigation opened against Pierre Ménès for sexual assault

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