Remember: following 24 years of presence on the antenna of France Televisions, Patrick Sébastien had been thanked. A dismissal that the main interested party contested before the Commercial Court of Paris.
The verdict fell on Wednesday: the court partly ruled in favor of the host, for “brutal rupture of the commercial relationship”.
However, as stated Capitalmany accusations by Patrick Sébastien once morest the public channel – such as damage to the image or good faith in the conduct of contract negotiations – have not been successful.
Therefore, the host will not obtain the 26 million euros hoped for but “only” 652,000 euros as well as the legal costs incurred. If Patrick Sébastien did not react to the verdict, on the public service side, we did not accept this decision and we have already decided to appeal.
