Former Koh Lanta candidate accused of sexual assault

Former candidate for Koh Lanta He was charged in the investigation that was opened into possible acts of sexual assault committed during the filming of the show in 2018, a source close to the case indicated, Thursday, March 28, confirming information from Parisian. One of the candidates filed a complaint in May 2018, and the Public Prosecution Office in Nancy opened a judicial investigation.

Filming of the show, which was broadcast on TF1 and took place in the Fiji Islands, has been abandoned. according to Parisian, Eddie Guyot, who denies the facts, was charged in November 2022, but he contested that decision. Before the investigation room of the Nancy Court of Appeal. It rejected his request and confirmed the indictment against him on March 14.

The complainant requested DNA test on his clothes, Especially her leggings and panties He confirmed that male DNA had been found. Eddie Guyot’s lawyer, Jeremy Assos, said: “This experiment is innocent for Eddie Guyot, because his DNA was not found. But the complainant does not want to know who this DNA belongs to.”

For his part, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Leon del Forno, confirmed this His client waited “with confidence that justice would be done to her.” And that Mr. Guyot should be found guilty of what he did to him.”

During the investigation, the young woman, who was 20 years old at the time, told investigators that while filming the program, she “woke up while she was… The accused was kissing her on the mouth before touching her Under his clothes.

Production company Koh LantaAdventure Line Productions canceled filming the show after these denunciations. The next season was filmed a few months later.

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