August 31 – One of Belgium’s leading football TV presenters has been charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery, according to prosecutors.
Stéphane Pauwels, who has hosted shows for Belgian and French TV, was arrested as a part of a major police probe.
Pauwels, 50, was detained on Tuesday and on Wednesday appeared before a judge who charged him and granted conditional bail. He is a presenter on Belgium’s RTL-TVI channel – the country’s leading private broadcaster – and is also known in France for hosting football programmes on several stations.
Parent company RTL Belgium has suspended him with immediate effect with social media reaction mixed, some criticising Pauwels and others expressing their support for the presenter.
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