Louise Bernard, with Alexis Patri 9:58 a.m., June 21, 2022
After having long formed a powerful duo on French television, producer Catherine Barma and host Laurent Ruquier have been torn apart since the end of the program "On n'est pas couche" in the summer of 2020. "Télérama" reveals that the presenter has just lost his trial at first instance against his former collaborator.
We've
tried everything,
We haven't said everything
,
We only ask to laugh
,
We're not in bed
... From 2000 to 2020, the collaboration between producer Catherine Barma and host Laurent Ruquier made the golden hours of television.
But the powerful professional duo of France 2 have been torn apart since the sudden end of the program
We are not lying
in early July 2020. The break-up, which has become a legal battle, is experiencing a new episode: Laurent Ruquier loses his trial at first instance against Catherine Barma for the payment of the last issues of their joint program, as revealed by our colleagues from the
Télérama
newspaper .
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Nearly one million euros in damages
Catherine Barma also sued her former collaborator for "brutal rupture of an established commercial relationship", after Laurent Ruquier decided to change production to launch his new show
On est en direct
.
According to
Télérama
, the Paris Commercial Court ordered Laurent Ruquier's companies to pay nearly one million euros in damages to Catherine Barma's company.
A sum which must "compensate the brutality" of the rupture of their commercial relations and the economic layoffs", according to
Télérama
. Laurent Ruquier appealed this court decision.