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France - TV network exec arrested after dead man and date rape drug found in his home
Romandie.com ^ | April 18, 2008

Posted on 04/18/2008 3:23:48 AM PDT by HAL9000

ALERT - A senior cadre of TF1 is in custody

Patrick Binet, a senior officer responsible for the acquisition and audiovisual rights of the private television channel TF1 French is in custody at the 2nd division of the police. The body of a man was discovered in the night of Wednesday to Thursday at his home in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. An overdose drug GHB, a substance also known as the "drug of the rapist," might be the cause of death.

According to a source close to the investigation, two men who were in the apartment of Patrick Binet had been "recruited" via an Internet site.

Nonce Paolini, director-general of TF1 refuses to make a statement.

Patick Binet was Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters since 2006.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binet; france; homosexuality; patrickbinet; tf1
He will find it difficult to produce his movie about "eco-terrorism" while he's sitting in a French prison on murder charges.
1 posted on 04/18/2008 3:23:49 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Don’t you hate when they find dead bodies in your house? lol


2 posted on 04/18/2008 3:34:51 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: HAL9000

Wednesday? What did this guy do for fun on weekends?


3 posted on 04/18/2008 3:35:20 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: HAL9000

Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters???

And ya wonder why the frogs can’t defend themselves!


4 posted on 04/18/2008 3:50:01 AM PDT by RouxStir (No Peeing Allowed in the Gene Pool.)
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To: Phlap

I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for all this.


5 posted on 04/18/2008 4:45:00 AM PDT by billorites (Freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; ...
Re: I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for all this.

Don't know about France, but here in the MSM:

If he is a Republican, he will drawn and quartered.

If he is a Democrat, all charges will be dropped and he will be nObama's running mate.

6 posted on 04/18/2008 5:45:19 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: HAL9000

I hate when this happens.


7 posted on 04/23/2008 6:37:50 AM PDT by mowowie
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