After Flavie Flament’s complaint against Patrick Bruel for rape, the 67-year-old singer spoke out this Sunday, May 17, categorically denying all the accusations. Faced with this denial, the host said to herself « sidérée » in a video interview given to Mediapartavant de réitérer son témoignage.
It was a complaint that took everyone by surprise. On May 13, Flavie Flament filed a complaint for rape against Patrick Bruel, claiming to have been drugged and then sexually assaulted in 1991 by the singer in his Parisian apartment, when she was only 16 years old. This Monday, May 18, the 51-year-old host chose to speak in front of the camera in an interview given toMediapartevoking a memory “Extremely accurate” facts that she denounces. A few hours earlier, this Sunday, Patrick Bruel broke his silence via a long message published on Instagram. His first speech since the first complaint for “attempted rape” filed against him by Daniela Elstner. The 67-year-old singer categorically refutes the accusations made against him and evokes a « brève histoire » with Flavie Flament in the 1990s, ensuring that their relationship was never “neither violent, nor constrained, nor sneaky”. “There was no rape, no drugs”he insists, denouncing allegations that he considers “Absurd and burning”.
A version that the host firmly rejects Mediapart. Reacting to the comments of the singer’s lawyer, who mentioned a « relation épisodique »Flavie Flament says to herself « absolument sidérée ». “What do we mean by an episodic relationship?”she asks, before specifying that she has only seen Patrick Bruel on very rare occasions. “I never had any kind of relationship with him.”she also insists. Reiterating her testimony, she recounts in particular the moment when she regained consciousness, at Patrick Bruel’s house, after having accepted a « thé » : “I open my eyes, I see him… He’s putting my pants back on.” A scene which, according to her, is accompanied by a deep feeling of astonishment and incomprehension. “My body is not responding. I don’t understand absolutely anything that happened to me.”she confides, describing a state of intense shock. “16 is not the age for rape in a Parisian apartment.”she adds seriously.
Skip the ad
Flavie Flament accuses Patrick Bruel despite the consequences to come: “I know the price to payâ€
Faced with the statements of another lawyer of the artist, accusing him “to exploit criminal law”Flavie Flament says she stayed “speechless”. Despite the media storm caused by her testimony, the presenter of France 3, on the front page of Gala this week, says he wants to continue his approach, aware of the repercussions. “I know the price to pay, I have already paid it once and I also know what awaits meâ€déclare-t-elle, déterminée à “donner de l’écho” to the words of other women who have denounced the actions of Patrick Bruel so far.
For his part, Patrick Bruel assured that he hesitated for a long time before speaking publicly, explaining that he initially wanted « réserver [sa] parole à la justice. He also evokes the testimonies of relatives or professionals who, according to him, would never have perceived any tensions between them over the years.
