Patrick Bruel is in turmoil. At least eight complaints have been filed against him for sexual assault, attempted rape or rape, covering a period from 1991 to 2015. In Saint-Malo, a preliminary investigation is opened after the complaint of a woman, who accuses the interpreter of Break your voice of having raped her in 2012during the Dinard Festival. Another is underway in Belgium, a press officer for the film Like the five fingers of the hand having filed a complaint against Patrick Bruel for “touching”. But that’s not all: the artist’s behavior is also denounced in Canada, where a journalist complained of having been sexually assaulted in 2017. Finally, on May 13, the case took an even more impactful turn when Flavie Flament accused Patrick Bruel of having raped her when she was 16, and he was 32. She assured that the singer had served her tea, then had an absence. “I open my eyes, he is buttoning my pants on his bed”she declared.
Patrick Bruel affair: what repercussions for his son Oscar Bruel and his ex Amanda Sthers?
From, Patrick Bruel continues to perform at the theater. But the shows obviously no longer have the same resonance, and one of them has just been interrupted by feminist activists. For now, most of the concerts on his tour, which is due to begin in June, are being maintained, even if several calls for cancellation have been launched. The affair therefore has consequences on the teams working with Patrick Bruel, but also, obviously, on those close to him. Oscar Bruel, one of his two sons, was supposed to increase the number of interviews in France on the occasion of the release of his first book devoted to the brain, The inner city. But according to a long investigation published by Paris Matchthe young man from the United States postponed the planned meetings with the media. “Patrick didn’t want him to be questioned about current cases”a source told our colleagues. Amanda Sthers, the mother of Oscar and Léon, also had being discreet when she went to the Cannes Film Festival to find funding for his film projects. The objective: to prevent the accusations concerning her ex-husband from having repercussions on her own professional life.
Why does Patrick Bruel no longer speak publicly about the affair?
On May 17, in a long message following Flavie Flament’s speech, Patrick Bruel broke his silence on Instagram to defend himself. “I have never forced a woman, never drugged, manipulated or sought to subjugate anyone. I have never used my notoriety to abuse anyone and obtain non-consensual relationships.”he wrote. Since then, he has not spoken publicly. “He reserves his word for investigators and justice. It would be bad for him to go and tell what he is experiencing at the moment in a media while dozens and dozens of women express their suffering”his lawyers informed Paris Match. An affair which continues to shake the world of entertainment and whose repercussions still seem far from over.
