Overview
- Prosecutors said Wednesday they opened a rape investigation into the singer-actor and registered another complaint.
- The Saint-Malo prosecutor confirmed a formal inquiry into an allegation that Bruel raped a woman during the Dinard British Film Festival in October 2012.
- Unifrance managing director Daniela Elstner filed a police complaint on March 12 alleging attempted rape and sexual assault from an incident she says occurred in Acapulco in 1997.
- Mediapart reported accounts from eight women who accuse Bruel of sexual violence between 1992 and 2019, intensifying public scrutiny.
- Bruel’s lawyer, Christophe Ingrain, denies the accusations, saying his client never forced anyone or overruled a refusal, and notes earlier probes were closed without charges.