The lawyer who stood against all powerful men in #MeToo cases: “Bart De Pauw’s strategy was extremely remarkable. While it was so simple” (Ghent)

– Christine Mussche, the country’s most famous lawyer. – “If you really want to get to know a man, give him power. And then you see how often things go wrong.” Over the past year, Christine Mussche (65) looked many such powerful men in the eye: from art pope Jan Fabre, to TV star Bart … Read more

Bart De Pauw’s production house is left with an empty agenda now that VRT stops ‘Two to the sixth power’

– – ‘Game over’ for Two to the sixth power. VRT is not planning a sequel to the popular quiz of One for the time being. This is how the agenda at production house Koeken Troef! suddenly blank. According to business manager Ines De Vos (51), wife of Bart De Pauw (53), the cause is … Read more

Flemish ombudswoman Gender on documentary series De Pauw trial: “The most important lesson? You can say no”

– © Jan Van der Perre – In the new television series “The process that no one wanted”, which appeared on streaming service Streamz, eight women who took legal action against Bart De Pauw tell their story. They tell once and for all how they experienced the process. “The most important lesson is that saying … Read more

John Maes, lawyer of the Julie Van Espen family about the trial of the year: “His last chance to escape life, and he said nothing”

– – Horde one – the life imprisonment of murderer and serial rapist Steve Bakelmans – has been taken. Hurdle two – ensuring that sexual offenders in our society are detected, treated and followed up much earlier – remains the mission of the family of Julie Van Espen. “It is a terrible thought that some … Read more

Tom Lenaerts responds to the De Pauw case: “Everyone who is involved …

– © VRT, Olivier Matthys – Tom Lenaerts responded for the first time to the verdict in the trial of ex-colleague and friend Bart De Pauw in the Canvas program ‘Only Elvis continues to exist’. He called it a “tragic” and “sad” affair, in which it “should never have come to trial. Everyone involved has … Read more

Lawyer Christine Mussche is satisfied with the ruling in…

© Belga/Het Nieuwsblad — Bart De Pauw was sentenced on Thursday to a six-month suspended prison sentence in the Mechelen court, in one of the first major #MeToo trials in Belgium. Christine Mussche, who acted for the bourgeois parties, responded with satisfaction to the verdict. “We will first study the verdict carefully,” it sounded after … Read more