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.
Patrick Bruel decided on Friday to cancel a dozen concerts scheduled in France, Switzerland and Belgium. His tour, due to start on 16 June in Paris, is postponed. He will not perform on stage before October.
His company 14 Productions said pressure on festival organisers and the public made the events impossible to hold. The 67-year-old singer also chose to leave Les Enfoirés to avoid embarrassing the Restos du Cœur association.
Patrick Bruel faces at least four rape investigations in France and one sexual assault inquiry in Belgium. He denies the allegations and said: “I have never forced a woman”.
“I hope to see you again when justice has proved my innocence,” he wrote to Les Enfoirés members, according to RTL.
