Two New Complaints Raise Number Against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor to Thirteen

Overview

• The Parquet de Nanterre confirmed on Tuesday that two complaints filed since January have been added to the case, bringing the total to thirteen criminal complaints against the former TV presenter.
• The new complainants say the alleged assaults occurred in 2001 and 2011 after meeting Poivre d’Arvor in a professional setting and were in their twenties at the time.
• Poivre d’Arvor was placed under formal investigation in December 2023 after a 2009 rape allegation by Florence Porcel and he denies all accusations.
• More than forty women have given testimony to investigators over the course of the probe and several earlier complaints were closed because of time limits on prosecution.
• Victims’ lawyers invoke the legal principle of 'seriality' to argue each new complaint interrupts prescription, and the Nanterre judge must now decide whether that argument can revive older claims.