Patrick Bruel was ultimately not placed in pre-trial detention, but was placed under judicial supervision. What are the facts with which he is accused and what obligations does he now have?
Indicted for four cases, Patrick Bruel escaped pre-trial detention and was placed under judicial supervision on June 10. But why was he ultimately not imprisoned and what are the charges against him?
Patrick Bruel, placed under judicial supervision: what conditions must he respect?
While the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office had requested provisional detention for the singer, to the point that a cell had already been prepared for him at the Santé prison according to RTLhe was finally released on June 10. However, he is placed under judicial supervision, in accordance with a decision of the investigating judges, the risk of flight being extremely low, in particular because of his celebrity. But several conditions must be respected for it to remain under judicial control.
The interpreter of Break your voicewho continues to proclaim his innocence, must in particular provide a deposit of 500,000 euros and provide proof of psychological care. He is prohibited from leaving France, from coming into contact with the complainants or their family members, from going to their homes and from visiting massage parlors.
Despite everything, Patrick Bruel was not banned from going on stage and can therefore continue his professional activity, which is criticized by the lawyer for several plaintiffs, Me Corinne Hermann. “I have a hard time understanding why we don’t protect possible victims.“, she regretted, specifying that most of the complainants had met the singer because of his professional activity.
For what cases is Patrick Bruel indicted?
It is in the context of four cases that the 67-year-old artist, accused by around thirty women in total, is indicted. A first woman accuses him of having raped her in 2008 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. It was the former Miss Alsace, Florima Treiber, who had met the singer during the Miss France evening in 2007 when he was president of the jury. They would have met again a few months later during the Molières evening, and after bringing her to his house, the artist would have raped her.
A press officer Karine Viseur also accuses him of rape and assures that the facts took place in Brussels, behind the scenes of RTBF, in 2010, as part of the promotion of the film Like the five fingers of the hand. Another complainant, a masseuse, accuses him of sexual assault and sexual harassment in Perpignan, in 2019. Facts which allegedly occurred during the performance. Finally, a beautician files a complaint for facts which allegedly occurred in 2019, when the singer insisted on asking her for massages on her erogenous zones, after refusing to put on disposable underwear.
