L’interprète de Breaking the voice will leave the premises of the judicial police, to be brought before a judge this Wednesday morning, after 48 hours of intensive interrogation. The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office confirmed that his police custody had been extended due to the complexity of the investigations and the appearance of new accusations. The preliminary investigation now focuses on criminal and misdemeanor facts which concern at this stage 13 victims. Face à ces graves accusations, Patrick Bruel strongly contests the entirety of the facts since the start of the proceedings. The police meticulously confronté la star to the details of several depositions spanning over several decades.
What do these multiple accusations reveal?
Ongoing investigations reveal an impressive list of complaints filed for agressions présumées in the four corners of the globe. Investigators notably questioned the artist about the complaint for attempted rape and sexual assault by Daniela Elstner, current general director of Unifrance, linked to events that occurred in 1997 in Mexico. The file also includes the story of a cultural journalist concerning a tentative de viol à Monaco in 2000, as well as charges for alleged rapes in 2010 in Brussels and in 2012 during a festival in Dinard.
All these cases arise from a single central investigation, but this hearing did not cover all of the procedures launched against the celebrity. The legal action of the host Flavie Flament is in fact the subject of a totally separate treatment. Filed with the constitution of a civil party with the dean of the investigating judges of Paris, his rape complaint is not instructed by the same magistrates, and therefore depends on another authority.
Is the artist’s career definitively compromised?
The legal wave has shattered the career and immediate projects of the 67-year-old actor, who nevertheless continues to firmly contest the entirety of the facts which he is accused of. Under immense media pressure, the singer was forced to himself announce the cancellation of most of his next major music tour.
The shock wave also crosses national borders since the organizer of his shows in Canada has officially canceled his three dates scheduled in Montreal. Concerned about preserving the image of the troop of Bastardsthe interpreter chose to withdraw definitively. It is a dramatic halt which imposes itself on the artist, henceforth forced to explain before the investigating judge on this accumulation de témoignages overwhelming.
