In the case opposing Catherine Barmajustice has ruled, once again. Remember that the facts date back to 2020, during , presented by the first and produced by the second. Disagreements then emerged between the two parties, who took the matter to court. In June 2022, the companies (Ruq Productions and Little Bros) were at Tout sur l’Ecran, Catherine Barma’s company. Faced with this decision, Laurent Ruquier appealed. Today we know what it is.
As revealed The Informedthe court of appeal has just confirm the previous conviction of Laurent Ruquier and even increased it by an additional 40,000 euros. That’s not all: several pieces of information were revealed during the judgments that our colleagues were able to consult. These mostly concern numbers. Each number ofWe are not in bed The channel was billed 202,703 euros excluding tax. The show filmed each year in Cannes for the festival cost 500,000 euros. In total, between 2006 and 2020, France 2 spent 103 million euros, or 7.4 million per season on average. Enough to allow Laurent Ruquier and Catherine Barma to earn 1.2 million euros in average gross margin per year. And the amount could turn out to be much higher when it comes to the best ofs.
Laurent Ruquier VS Catherine Barma: what really happened?
It was in September 2019 that it all started. On television, Laurent Ruquier received , then in the midst of controversy. The writer had just published as a child, . That’s not all: the past of the former columnist ofWe are not in bed had at that moment resurfaced. According to L’Expresshe is said to have published anti-Semitic texts and caricatures when he was a student. Faced with criticism and especially the fact that it was considered that he had done his job poorly, Laurent Ruquier threatened to resign. Two months later, in November 2019, the tension rose another notch. This time, it was the sluggish audiences that were to blame. France Télévisions writes to Catherine Barma to inform her that the figures are below the minimum floor provided for in the contract. It is therefore considered to end the show… Finally, it is in April 2020 that everything stops.
At that time, Catherine Barma was responsible for laying off 12 employees. And that comes at a huge cost: 905,378 euros. The host, requested, does not intend to get involved: “She is asking me to share the cost of laying off a bloated staff of whom I never asked to be hired, apart from three of them! She even employs members of her family! Is it up to me to bear the costs of a production company incapable of extending shows other than those I host?“Even more, Laurent Ruquier denounced”his hypocrisy, his cowardice, his venality“as well as his behavior”rude, pathetic and cowardly“. Angry, Catherine Barma for her part made the decision to turn off the taps and no longer pay anything to her former comrade. In May 2021, he thus attacked her before the commercial court to obtain 332,930 euros. Catherine Barma counter-attack shortly after, demanding 2.9 million euros.
After the recent court decision, Laurent Ruquier can now appeal to the Court of Cassation or choose to pay and close the case.
