Overview
- Investigative outlet Mediapart published 15 new testimonies Thursday, L’Humanité reports, with seven women saying they did not consent and Bruel’s lawyers denying any coercion or violence.
- Daniela Elstner, who leads Unifrance, told Paris police Monday about a 1997 incident she says was an attempted rape and sexual assault during a film event in Acapulco.
- Elstner acknowledged the 1997 facts are likely time-barred under French law, and she said she filed her complaint to help others speak out.
- Separate probes are underway for an alleged 2012 rape in Saint-Malo, for Elstner’s complaint in Paris, and in Belgium after a March filing over an alleged 2010 assault.
- Bruel contests all accusations through his lawyers, as a petition from feminist groups urges cities to cancel his summer concerts despite no trial or judgment.