Back to the media: Jean-Jacques Bourdin back on Sud Radio

Europe 1 with AFP 5:06 p.m., August 24, 2022

Journalist Jean-Jacques Bourdin, sacked in June by the Altice group, parent company of BFMTV and RMC, after accusations of sexual assault which he disputes, will return to Sud Radio on Monday, he announced on Wednesday. on social networks.

"I'm so happy to see you on #sudradio this Monday between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Come many", posted on Twitter Jean-Jacques Bourdin, known for his offensive interviews during his 21 years on the air at RMC, RMC Découverte and BFMTV.

Doing the job you love is a chance!

Mine is to inform you, ask questions, share with you.

I'm so happy to see you on #sudradio this Monday between 10 am and 12 pm.

Come many.

“Let’s speak truth at Bourdin”

— Jean-Jacques Bourdin (@JJBourdin_off) August 24, 2022

The journalist, removed since the end of January from the small screen, returns to the head of a daily debate program entitled "Let's speak true at Bourdin" which "gives the floor to listeners" and to experts "to comment on and decipher the news", details Sud Radio in a press release.

Sud Radio welcomes @JJBourdin_off, whom you will find from Monday August 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., for “Parlons Vrai chez Bourdin”.

A daily program of debates and dialogues around current events.

#Let'sTalkReallypic.twitter.com/fTmqU1Q6Dm

— South Radio (@SudRadio) August 24, 2022

Return to favor after a precipitous fall

"Face-to-face meetings are also offered to honor contradictory opinions with the moderation of Jean-Jacques Bourdin", adds the station.

This "huge professional" will bring "to our channel his rich experience, his deep knowledge of the files, the incomparable relevance of his interviews and of course his very strong empathy with the public", welcomed Patrick Roger, general manager of South Radio.

This comeback contrasts with the precipitous fall of the star journalist of BFMTV / RMC after the revelation in mid-January of a complaint for sexual assault against him by a former colleague.

A judicial inquiry had been opened in the process, making it difficult to maintain, in the midst of the presidential campaign, the maintenance of the political interviewer on the air.

Two complaints filed for sexual assault

At the same time, the Altice group had also launched an internal investigation.

About a month later, the journalist Fanny Agostini, former weather presenter of BFMTV-RMC, then passed by "Thalassa", had revealed to Mediapart to be at the origin of the complaint filed for attempted sexual assault.

In mid-February, a second woman had filed a complaint for sexual assault, harassment and sexual exhibition, for facts dating back to the end of the 1980s. six years.

The journalist had denounced "the public instrumentalization of this procedure" and deplored the "serious attacks" on his personal and professional life.