THE OUTREAU AFFAIR. A documentary series centered on the Outreau affair is broadcast on France 2 on Tuesdays January 17 and 24, 2023 at 9:10 p.m.
[Mis à jour le 17 janvier 2023 à 14h31] A veritable legal fiasco and history of sordid pedophilia, the Outreau affair is the subject of a series documentary on France 2. These Tuesdays January 17 and 24, 2023, the second channel returns with precision to the highlights of this affair which marked the legal chronicle between 2001 and 2005, mixing interviews with the main protagonists, archive images and fictional reconstructions based on the minutes.
The documentary series The Outreau affair on France 2 returns to the highlights of the case. Viewers will be able to find fictional scenes played by actors, but also interviews with several of the protagonists: four of the six acquitted take the floor (Father Dominique Wiel, Alain Marécaux, Thierry Dausque and Daniel Legrand fils), two of the child victims (Jonathan Delay, 6 years old at the time of the incident, and François-Xavier Marécaux, 9 years old, who speaks of “misinterpretation” of his remarks), lawyers, police commissioners or even journalists who covered the case. Fabrice Burgaud, the investigating judge in charge of the case, and Gérald Lesigne, public prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, did not wish to participate.
The Outreau affair began in 2001. The Pas-de-Calais children’s department made a report to the public prosecutor after the children of Thierry Delay and Myriam Badaoui revealed that they and he other children were victims of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of their parents and other tenants of the HLM housing estate of the Tour du Renard in Outreau. The investigation took place between 2001 and 2003 and resulted in a large number of police custody and indictments.
Eighteen people are remanded in custody. The Outreau trial opened in Saint-Omer in 2004. While four of the defendants pleaded guilty (Thierry Delay, Myriam Badaoui, and their next-door neighbors David Delplanque and Aurélie Grenon), the thirteen others pleaded innocent. The first four are found guilty. Six others are also convicted and will appeal. They will finally be acquitted in 2005, after three years in prison.
The Outreau affair is a documentary series broadcast on France 2. The first two episodes are broadcast on January 17, 2023, the last two the following week, January 24, 2023, from 9:10 p.m. If you want to watch this program in streaming, know that the four episodes are available for free on the site france.tv. You just need to be registered and have an account to view them.
The documentary series The Outreau affair is broadcast on France 2 on January 17 and 24, 2023 at 9:10 p.m. If you want to catch up on the episodes in replay streaming, know that the France Television site, france.tv, has posted all the episodes of the series online. No need to pay, you just need to have a free account on the platform to watch the four episodes.