The conviction of Sandra Muller, the journalist and initiator of the #balancetonporc movement, was overturned on appeal on Wednesday.

She had been ordered at first instance to pay 15,000 euros in damages to Eric Brion, whom she had accused of sexual harassment.

The conviction of the journalist and initiator of the #balancetonporc movement was overturned on Wednesday on appeal, the man who sued her for defamation was dismissed, said the Paris Court of Appeal in a decision sent to AFP by his lawyers . At first instance, Sandra Muller was sentenced in September 2019 to pay 15,000 euros in damages to Eric Brion, whom she had accused of sexual harassment.