Patrick Bruel suspends summer tour after eight sexual violence complaints

The 67-year-old singer, facing eight criminal complaints for rape, sexual assault or attempted rape, has withdrawn from festivals and suspended his summer tour.

Patrick Bruel benefits from the presumption of innocence. Justice will determine whether the impact on his career is temporary or permanent.

Until June 7, the singer performs the final shows of the play Deuxième partie at the Théâtre Édouard VII. He has withdrawn from scheduled festivals and suspended his summer tour.

The 67-year-old artist has built an empire in real estate, decarbonized cement and telecommunication pylons. The complaints stem from accusations made in 2019.

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Patrick Bruel cancels concerts until autumn

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Patrick Bruel announced on Friday the cancellation of all his concerts until autumn due to ongoing judicial investigations into rape allegations. The singer is also withdrawing from Les Enfoirés.

A preliminary investigation has been opened in Paris against singer Patrick Bruel following a complaint for sexual assault and attempted rape filed on March 12. The alleged incident dates back to November 1997 during a film festival in Mexico. This brings the number of ongoing investigations against the artist in France to two.

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Singer Patrick Bruel posted a message on social media Sunday evening denying rape allegations made against him by presenter Flavie Flament. She had announced on Friday that she filed a complaint over an alleged incident in 1991.

A 47-year-old school animator, Nicolas G., appeared in court on Tuesday before the Paris correctional tribunal for sexual harassment of nine girls and sexual assaults on three of them. The incidents date back to 2024 at Titon primary school in the 11th arrondissement. Parents expressed emotion and anger during the hearing.

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A Paris criminal court on March 25 sentenced 63-year-old Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, to 18 years in prison in absentia for raping three women. Despite an arrest warrant, he remains near Geneva in psychiatric treatment at the Clinique du Grand-Salève. Penalties include eight years of socio-judicial supervision and a lifetime ban from French territory.

Oumar Ndiaye, 21 years old, was sentenced on March 12, 2026, by the Manche Assize Court to 30 years of criminal imprisonment for the rape with torture or barbaric act on Mégane in Cherbourg in August 2023. The victim, seriously injured, had come close to death after the assault. The trial was held in camera in Coutances over two days.

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Three men, including two animators, were arrested in the past two weeks for sexual assaults on 12 children aged 3 to 9 in three Parisian schools, AFP learned from a source close to the case. The suspects were presented to justice.

 

 

 

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