Justice has decided. Licensed by Canal+ in December 2020 for having demonstrated his support in full live to Sébastien Thoen, dismissed after having parodied Pascal Praud and his program The time of prosStéphane Guy obtained the cancellation of this sanction last week before the Paris Court of Appeal. The sports journalist, who then rebounded at RMC and the L'Equipe channel, could therefore be reinstated in the encrypted channel at the start of the next school year.
What to rejoice his former colleague Pierre Ménès, who also left Canal+ a few years ago, but in other circumstances. “I'm happy for him, that's good news. And then he still takes a nice check … “he smiles in his chronicle Facing Pierrot, On Youtube. Stéphane Guy should actually receive a little more than 700,000 euros, a sum which corresponds to wage reminders in particular, dixit his lawyer.
“I remember Stéphane's statements for Sébastien Thoen very well during a match comment. And I remember that when he said that, I said to myself: 'But he's crazy!'says Pierre Ménès. I was not surprised that he was laid down because I know that the leaders of Canal, Vincent Bolloré in mind, hate that we are not in solidarity with them. I thought he would be punished, launched, but I did not think he would be dismissed. »»
Stéphane Guy put in the closet?
For him, this sanction on the part of the encrypted chain was
“Extremely disproportionate”which the Paris Court of Appeal has therefore confirmed. “Now, he may have a game of saying that he will come back. A priori, it would rather be in the small papers of the new channel in Ligue 1, announces the old sniper of Canal Football Club. I don't see what interest you have to come back in a chain that turned your back on you like that … “ The question can actually arise.
“If he wants to come back, Canal will not be able to oppose it, but Canal can also very well reinstate him, pay him his salary without having to make him comment on matches. Or they can very well have him comment on Qarabag-Heart of Midlothian at the bottom of the Europa League or the League Conferencecontinues Pierre Ménès, hardly optimistic about the future of Stéphane Guy in the group. When you want to disgust a guy, it's not very complicated … “
