Are we currently measuring the earthquake of what we now call the Patrick Bruel affair? It started a long time ago, but the fire was extinguished as quickly as it started. The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office had in hand the complaints or reports of nine women, but had dismissed the case due to lack of evidence. However, one woman changed the situation. On May 15, host Flavie Flament added her name to the already long list of the singer’s alleged victims. The one who had already denounced the photographer David Hamilton in his book La consolationhad warned, in 2024, during a video interview on the set of Mediapart, she was not finished with the revelations. “It is obvious that since the release of La Consolation, there are some who do not sleep peacefully“she assured. Since she spoke, new voices have risen to testify, and according to Corinne Herrmann, Flavie Flament’s lawyer, this is only the beginning.
Patrick Bruel affair: disappointed and angry fans
This is bad news for the artist who is currently playing on the stage of the Édouard VII theater alongside Marine Delterme and Stéphane Freiss, and who will soon begin a huge tour entitled So look at 35. In Quebec, we made a decision, the tour is canceled. In Switzerland, the Bellarena Indoor does the same, the Paléo declares it persona non grata then what is revealed an unacceptable attitude with one of the festival volunteers. In the middle of this war where the blows are raining, and the versions follow one another and contradict each other in a dizzying manner, the fans of the first hour toast, and divide.
In the columns of The Dispatchour colleagues had the idea of collecting their testimonies. Véronique,“fan from the start“living in Ariège, said to himself “hyper déçue et en colère” after the accusations targeting the artist which she initially did not believe, before changing her mind in the face of the avalanche of testimonies. She was to meet him after winning a radio competition: “Our ultimate dream was to meet him (…) Except that there, everything stops for us.” She reveals that with the friend who was to accompany her, she swapped places to go see another concert. “I feel like he ruined 35 years of our lives“, she blurted out, also worrying about the maintenance of concerts and the risk that it could represent for “young women”.
Annick, who has tickets for the artist’s concert in Toulouse, says she wanted “relive [s]on adolescence”. But he waits for désormais “that he will cancel to be reimbursed”car she fears “that the concert goes into a fight with boos or things like that.” “And even for him, she adds fatalistically, “It won’t be a pleasant concert.” Since the accusations, the Toulouse woman says she no longer listens to her songs and believes that “if there are so many people talking (…), it’s because it’s not clear”. She now hopes “that he will pay for everything he has done” and justice will be done “Women’s.”
Patrick Bruel affair: even those who defend the singer doubt his behavior
Other fans prefer to wait before deciding. Frédérique, who says she has “very hard to believe it”, explains that, “without calling into question these testimonies”she doesn’t have “not that image” of the artist. “I’ve seen him several times and it’s true that we don’t have that image of Patrick Bruel. I think he’s capable of being a cad. I’m not sure he’s a great gentleman with women. But to do that, I have a hard time believing it“, she confides.
This fan recognizes, however, that “the number of testimonies creates doubt”especially because they come “d’horizons très divers”. She says she wants to wait for justice to rule before taking sides. Frédérique still plans to attend the concert in Toulouse, while understanding that some festivals choose to cancel it so as not to “to associate” to him. On the other hand, she criticizes “mayors, elected officials of the Republic” who, according to her, “interfere in a matter of justice”. The decision is now in the hands of Patrick Bruel.
