Overview
- On December 11, Thilleman reposted the 2013 segment on Instagram and said she did not consent, describing lasting trauma and humiliation.
- The TF1 Les Enfants de la télé clip shows Abittan seizing Thilleman and kissing her as she attempts to push him away on set.
- The video regained traction after Brigitte Macron called feminist activists “sales connes” following a protest at Abittan’s show, with accounts such as Folles Alliées resharing it.
- Thilleman said she remained silent at the time out of fear and shame, noting that consent was not widely discussed in 2013.
- Abittan received a non-lieu in a 2021 rape case in April 2024, confirmed on appeal in January 2025, and no proceedings can be brought over the 2013 sequence due to the statute of limitations.