The former star commentator of the encrypted chain will however appeal to obtain the cancellation of his dismissal, announced his lawyer.
Le Monde with AFP
Prud’hommmes have condemned Canal+ for the “dismissal without real and serious cause” of his former star commentator Stéphane Guy, who will however appeal to obtain the cancellation of his dismissal, announced his lawyer, Tuesday, September 13 , at the France-Presse agency (AFP), confirming information from L’Equipe .
According to a copy of the judgment of the Paris industrial tribunal, pronounced on August 29 and consulted on Tuesday by AFP, the encrypted channel was ordered to pay it just over 260,000 euros in damages, which will not be paid before the decision on appeal.
Voice Phare of French football, Stéphane Guy had learned his dismissal the day before Christmas 2020, after twenty-three years at Canal+, for having supported the humorist Sébastien Thoen, himself returned for a Parody targeting CNews, the group’s continuous news channel.
Stéphane Guy had paid tribute to the antenna to his “friend” who, according to him, had not had “the exit he would have deserved”. “Mishers” comments because aimed at “publicly denigrating” his employer, according to Canal+, quoted in judgment. 2> “Professional honor”
The industrial tribunal decided: for him, “the reasons invoked as dismissal do not appear as sufficiently serious”, but “the attack on freedom of expression” invoked by Stéphane Guy, supposed Train the nullity of his dismissal, has not been demonstrated.
The journalist, who claims his reinstatement to Canal+, is “not disappointed but partially satisfied,” his lawyer, Olivier Khatchikian, said that “the council has not completely drawn the conclusions of what he has noted “. “As soon as the council recognized that the comments [of Stéphane Guy] were not defamatory and likely to justify its dismissal, the logical consequence was that there is a violation of freedom of expression, which entails the nullity of the dismissal “, according to the lawyer.
now officiating on RMC Sport, Stéphane Guy had declared in L’Equipe , last year, want to restore its” professional honor “to industrial tribunal. Solicited by AFP, Canal+ did not wish to comment.