Eric Hoesli withdraws his complaint against Tamedia

The chairman of the board of directors of the Temps Eric Hoesli withdrew his civil action once morest Tamedia. This legal procedure was initiated in 2019 by the press man once morest his former employer and two journalists from 24 hours for personal injury.

In question, articles from February 2019 on his business ties with Frederik Paulsen, then president of the pharmaceutical group Ferring in Saint-Prex (VD) and, at that time also, honorary consul general of Russia in Lausanne. The former editor of The Weekly a you Tempsex-director of the Romandie publications of Tamedia, denounced an investigation carried out once morest him.

“I confirm that the procedure has been withdrawn without an agreement being signed between the parties, contrary to what was the case in the dispute with Mr. Paulsen”, Christine Gabella, delegate of Tamedia, told Keystone-ATS on Saturday. for French-speaking Switzerland, confirming information published on Saturday in Freedom. No other details were available or the date of the withdrawal of the civil action. An attempt at conciliation between Eric Hoesli and Tamedia Publications romandes failed in February 2021 during a hearing at the District Court of Lausanne.

Paulsen – Tamedia: dispute settled

As a reminder, the press was also interested in trips to Russia organized by Eric Hoesli, which brought together the Swedish billionaire as well as elected officials and personalities from French-speaking Switzerland. They had hit the headlines regarding their financial support and raised the issue of conflicts of interest.

Tamedia and Frederik Paulsen reached an agreement last June. The legal action, also filed in 2019, was concluded in the middle of an appeal procedure with the Zurich Cantonal Court, following a failure at first instance. The arrangement “provides that the wording concerning travel expenses be clarified ex post”.

Frederik Paulsen had been disturbed by the media coverage of various editorial staff of Tamedia, in particular on the trips to Russia made with elected politicians between 2010 and 2017.