[1] He first worked for L'Expansion, followed by La Vie and Le Matin de Paris.
[2] He was fired a decade later because of the publication of Le Bal des vautours, in which he criticized senior editors Franz-Olivier Giesbert and Alain Peyrefitte.
He also co-authored a book with French politician Raymond Barre and another one with Guinean President Alpha Condé.
He authored biographies of French businessmen François Pinault and Vincent Bolloré.
[3] Jean Bothorel has also been widely criticized in the media for a number of articles published in the Figaro which accused some political parties or personalities based on lies and total absence of facts.