The host Stéphane Plaza is on trial for “habitual violence by a partner” and, as a direct consequence of his trial, the verdict of which is expected next February, things are not looking good for him.
The trial of Stéphane Plaza, accused of physical and psychological violence against two former partners, took place on January 9. And the least we can say is that the M6 host is in turmoil: the prosecution has requested an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 10,000 euros against him. Verdict rendered on February 18. In the meantime, the PAF real estate agent seems to have become a pariah…
Stéphane Plaza thought about suicide: “My only goal was to end it”
“I didn’t think I would be so fragile. Since this story came out, my chest hurts“, he assured in court, revealing that he had had suicidal thoughts for some time. And detailed: “In December 2023. I got up at 2am. I got dressed. I went out to the terrace on the 6th floor. I stood on my railing for 30 seconds. My only goal was to end it. The only thing that held me back was that I said to myself: ‘If I jump, people will think I’m guilty“.
Film with Disney canceled, audiences down: descent into hell for Stéphane Plaza?
Stéphane Plaza’s career is at its worst. If he decided to withdraw himself from the Big Heads of RTL with Laurent Ruquier, he was ejected from the shooting of a film across the Atlantic. “I had to shoot for a Marvel in the United States. When you are suspected of violence, it’s over. You don’t go to Disney anymore. It’s over. I don’t make films anymore“, he assured. He had already mentioned this Marvel project on the radio but without saying more.
As for his shows on M6, a channel of which he was the star before the affair broke out, audiences are falling and only two new, unpublished issues of Search for apartment or house have been filmed since the fall, according to BFMTV. The majority of broadcasts are therefore rebroadcasts. “Stéphane Plaza explains that he is still a presenter but ‘films less in connection with the facts with which I am accused.’“, reports the news channel’s website.
Stéphane Plaza “still earns a very good living”
In addition, M6 owns shares in the Stéphane Plaza real estate agency network (which in turn holds 25.5% of the capital). However, the real estate crisis which has hit the sector for two years coupled with this affair is worrying franchisees. “This Plaza affair adds to a real estate market that is anything but euphoric“, explained to Capital the director of an agency Stéphane Plaza Immobilier.
“Several other agency directors are not reassured. I regularly receive calls from colleagues telling me that they may have to liquidate their agency. I recently closed one myself to reduce my costs“, he added. If Stéphane Plaza would have lost between 15 and 20% of his income, according to his words, he “still earns a very good living“, he assured.
