Indicted and placed under judicial control, Patrick Bruel is not at the end of his troubles. Already targeted by around twenty complaints and accused by around thirty women, the 67-year-old singer continues to be targeted by new damning testimonies. When the latter was released after 48 hours in police custody, Corinne Hermann, the lawyer for several complainants including Flavie Flament, warned on BFMTV that other complaints “not prescribed” were going to be filed and further fleshed out the case.
Two new complaints for sexual violence were in fact filed on June 12 at the Nanterre judicial court: an attempted rape and sexual assault, as well as a rape emanating in particular from a fan of Patrick Bruel who was allegedly spotted by him during a concert. So many sordid stories piling up.
A young flight attendant testifies against Patrick Bruel
This Thursday, June 18, in its columns, Paris Match also revealed a new disturbing testimony from a certain Agnès R., a young flight attendant. Our colleagues revealed that the facts took place during a trip to Pau when Patrick Bruel asked to be accompanied to the toilet. “In front of the men’s door, she says that Patrick Bruel grabbed her wrist very hard to drag her inside before she managed to free herself“, explained the magazine. A tragedy narrowly avoided for the young woman who shares her trauma with so many other alleged victims, the plaintiffs’ lawyers having affirmed Paris Match that reports multiply without even any solicitation.
A testimony reminiscent of that of Karine Viseur
The disturbing story of this young flight attendant is reminiscent of that of Karine Viseurwho filed a complaint against Patrick Bruel and whom she accuses of attempted rape on April 23, 2010. Press officer in Belgium, she accompanied the artist during the promotion of the film Like the five fingers of the hand. It was in the premises of the RTBF studios in Brussels that the singer allegedly attacked her. “He grabs my wrist and pulls me into the toilet which he locks. He leans me against the door, so I don’t know how to open it. There again, he tries to kiss me, his lips on my neck, his hands caressing my legs and going up under my dress to pass them under my tights. (…) There were : ‘But yes, you’ll like it’, ‘I know you’ve been waiting for this since this morning’, ‘They all like it’. So it’s a monologue. He doesn’t wait for a response. He has set himself a goal and the prey is me, so he tries everything to chase me. Fortunately, I manage to get rid of it. And his face becomes completely normal again.” she said in the documentary “Patrick Bruel: the fall of an icon?” on BFMTV. A similar operating mode.
