Hoax judged to be homophobic by Cyril Hanouna: Le Refuge association admits to having lied

Completely false accusations. On May 18, 2017, on his show "TPMP – Radio Baba", Cyril Hanouna, as part of a telephone hoax, was posing for Jean-José, a 26-year-old bibadual young man who posted an ad on a bibadual dating site. Cyril Hanouna had then taken an effeminate voice to pose as the young man of the ad, adopting a mannered attitude. The hoax, considered homophobic, had at the time created a huge outcry, causing tens of thousands of reports to the CSA.

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At the time, the controversy had been all the stronger as the badociation Le Refuge, which fights against homophobia, had indicated, through the voice of its president Nicolas Noguier, that one of the interlocutors of "Jean -José "had been identified by his parents and that they had decided to put him on the street. Under the pressure of social networks, advertisers had temporarily deserted the advertising space of Cyril Hanouna's talk show, resulting in a significant shortfall for C8. In addition, the CSA condemned the chain to a fine of 3 million euros.

When Le Refuge claimed that a young man was in a "state of appalling distress" because of Cyril Hanouna

A few days after the hoax, Nicolas Noguier announced, through the voice of his lawyer, to study "criminal or civil proceedings"Against Cyril Hanouna On his Facebook account, Nicolas Noguier had evoked"the appalling state of distress"in which was the young man allegedly trapped."Our listener had to exchange a large part of the night with one of the young trapped by Cyril Hanouna (…) We were very poor in front of his tears and his fear of being recognized by his parents"A few days later, Le Refuge announced that the young man in question had been"fired from home"and that he would be sheltered by"a caring person".

In a survey published a week after the hoax, our colleagues in BuzzFeed had pointed out the inconsistencies of the leaders of the Refuge and questioned the existence of the young man. "I confirm that a young boy who reported being trapped by Cyril Hanouna contacted our listening device on Friday, May 19, 2017 at 3:26 am and Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 2:48 pm", defended Nicolas Noguier on his Facebook account."Divert responsibility to an badociation of public utility and fight against homophobia is a shame"In the aftermath, The Refuge had published a copy of a statement made to the police.Porting these accusations" slanderous ", H2O Productions, the production company, had filed a lawsuit against The Refuge.

"There has never been a distress call and there is no adolescent victim"

A year and a half after the facts, the conclusion of this case is revealed in a large file devoted to Cyril Hanouna in the pages of "L'Express". The weekly indicates that, on May 24, will be held a hearing in Paris, following the defamation complaint filed by H2O Productions. On this occasion, Le Refuge will plead good faith. "There has never been a distress call and there is no teenage victim", recognizes Nicolas Noguier in" L'Express "."A volunteer, caught up in the madness that followed the broadcast of the sequence, invented a cry for help that did not exist", says a member of the Refuge, according to which Nicolas Noguier was"abused".