The court also fined the presenter, Yves de Mbella, 2 million CFA francs ($3,619.91) and banned him from leaving Abidjan, the country’s commercial capital, for a year, a spokesman for the justice system said. Ivory Coast told Reuters.
The man who appeared on the show was sentenced to two years in prison, the spokesman said.
De Mbella apologized for the segment where he asked his guests to demonstrate how he raped women, helped him adapt female dummies, and asked if victims were “enjoyed”.
De Mbella on Tuesday said he tried to “raise awareness” during the segment that aired on the private television station Nouvelle Chaine Ivoirienne (NCI) on Monday, but said he had “made a mistake”.
The NCI also apologized and canceled the final episode of the show de Mbella, which was scheduled for Friday. An online petition calling for de Mbella’s performance to be canceled has received nearly 50,000 signatures.
Ivory Coast’s Independent Media Council on Tuesday ordered de Mbella’s suspension for 30 days, saying the segment condone rape and assault on women’s dignity.
