Overview
- The conviction covers two buttock bites on a colleague during the 2015–2016 Chérie FM morning show, which the court deemed sexual assault.
- The judge imposed an eight-month suspended prison term that exceeded the prosecutor’s six-month request and declined the sought €10,000 fine.
- Complainant Caroline Barel welcomed the “guilty” verdict as a validation of her account.
- Evidence included a photo of a hematoma the presiding judge called “quite impressive,” supporting her description of being forced to the ground and bitten.
- Cerutti acknowledged one bite but denied sexual intent, describing a juvenile “team game,” and he contests that a second bite occurred.