French Prosecutors Seek Charges and Pre-Trial Detention Against Singer Patrick Bruel, Who Denies Nine Allegations of Rape and Sexual Assault
Prosecutors asked a Paris-area court on Wednesday to charge the 67-year-old entertainer with rape and sexual assault and to hold him in pre-trial detention.
france24.comFrench prosecutors on Wednesday requested that singer Patrick Bruel be charged and placed in pre-trial detention over nine allegations of sexual abuse that include rape and sexual assault. The request was filed at a courthouse near Paris. Bruel, 67, has released multiple top-selling albums and appeared in dozens of films.
He has denied any wrongdoing. He is the latest prominent French entertainer to face investigation following the #MeToo movement. Last year, film actor Gerard Depardieu received a suspended 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two women on a film set.
