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Hugo Clément announced Friday January 13 on his Twitter account to be indicted for "defamation" and "public insult", after the broadcast of a program on hunting in enclosures, in May 2021 on France 5. The journalist, specialist in environmental issues and sensitive to the animal cause, denounces a "gag procedure". 

Journalist Hugo Clément has been indicted for "defamation" and "public insult" following the complaint of a person he had filmed.

It was in an investigation devoted to enclosure hunting broadcast in May 2021 on France 5. This person is Benjamin Tranchant, whom Hugo Clément designates as a "wealthy heir", "owner of a hunting enclosure" .

At the time, it had opened its doors to the team of the show.

I have just been indicted by an examining magistrate for having… made a program on hunting in enclosures.



Here is how a wealthy heir, owner of a hunting enclosure, obstructs justice with a gagging procedure to put pressure on a journalist.

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— Hugo Clement (@hugoclement) January 13, 2023

"Purely factual sentences", according to Hugo Clément

It was Hugo Clément who himself revealed the affair on his social networks.

According to him, the complaint relates to "purely factual sentences, based on images shot in the property of Benjamin Tranchant, with his agreement".

So why did Benjamin Tranchant embark on this legal procedure? 

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“We will not give in to this type of manoeuvre”

According to Hugo Clément, he would not have found the show "to his liking, because he was very critical of his hobby, which consists of shooting locked animals".

The journalist denounces a "gag procedure", which "encumbers an already overwhelmed justice".

And he concludes by affirming: "We will not give in to this type of maneuver".