Treize victimes recensées à ce stade par les enquêteurs, une garde à vue prolongée de 24 heures et de nouvelles plaintes pour viol et tentative de viol. Sept ans après les premières plaintes visant Patrick Bruel, l'affaire a pris une ampleur inédite.
Depuis les révélations de Mediapart en mai , une trentaine de femmes affirment dans la presse avoir été victimes de Patrick Bruel. Elles dénoncent des faits de viol, de tentative de viol, d'agression sexuelle et d'exhibition sexuelle qui se seraient déroulés entre 1991 et 2019 en France, en Belgique et au Canada. Le chanteur de 67 ans, qui conteste l'ensemble des accusations, est auditionné depuis lundi matin dans les locaux du premier district de police judiciaire à Paris sur des "faits qui concernent à ce stade 13 victimes", selon le parquet de Nanterre, qui centralise toutes les procédures. Sa garde à vue prendra donc fin au plus tard mercredi matin.
Derrière cette accélération judiciaire se cache une autre question : pourquoi les premiers signalements n'ont-ils pas conduit à des investigations plus poussées lorsqu'ils ont émergé en 2019 ? "J'ai été frappée par tout ce que la justice avait en main à l'époque", explique à France 24 Marine Turchi, journaliste à Mediapart à l'origine des premières révélations de l'affaire Patrick Bruel.
Après avoir consulté la procédure de 2019, elle affirme avoir découvert que neuf femmes s'étaient manifestées auprès de la justice, et non quatre comme cela avait été rapporté publiquement. "Quatre dénonçaient des faits non prescrits. La justice avait largement de quoi s'emparer de l'affaire, enquêter et avancer."
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"Plusieurs fois le même témoignage"
L'affaire débute à l'été 2019 après le signalement d'une masseuse employée au Radisson Blu de Porticcio, en Corse-du-Sud. La jeune femme de 25 ans affirme lors de son audition que Patrick Bruel a refusé de porter le sous-vêtement jetable habituellement utilisé lors des massages puis retiré la serviette qui le recouvrait, prétextant avoir trop chaud. Elle raconte également qu'il lui aurait demandé de masser "l'interfessier" puis de descendre vers son pubis.
Le parquet d'Ajaccio ouvre alors une enquête préliminaire pour exhibition sexuelle et harcèlement sexuel. Lorsque l'affaire est révélée par la presse, plusieurs autres femmes se manifestent à leur tour auprès de la justice. Parmi elles figure une autre masseuse dans un hôtel-spa de Perpignan. Elle dépose plainte pour une agression sexuelle présumée commise quelques semaines plus tôt. Elle décrit, elle aussi, un client refusant de rester couvert au motif qu'il a trop chaud. Elle affirme également avoir reçu une demande de massage dans "l'interfessier" – un détail qui, souligne Marine Turchi, n'avait alors jamais été rendu public. "Ce qui est troublant, c'est que ces femmes relatent des éléments extrêmement spécifiques qui n'étaient pas connus médiatiquement", explique la journaliste.
D'autres signalements suivent encore en 2019 : une masseuse évoque des faits remontant à 2008 dans un hôtel de luxe à Cannes, sans porter plainte ; une autre décrit des faits similaires à Saint-Barthélemy, aux Antilles, en 2011, et porte plainte ; une troisième rapporte ce qu'une collègue lui avait raconté après une séance dans un centre de thalassothérapie à La Baule, en 2000.
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Pour Marine Turchi, la principale interrogation porte sur le traitement de ces témoignages convergents. "Dans les dossiers de violences sexuelles, les preuves matérielles sont souvent rares. Mais là, j'ai eu l'impression de lire plusieurs fois le même témoignage. Ces femmes ne se connaissaient pas, se manifestaient au même moment et décrivaient des comportements très similaires."
Aucune information judiciaire n'est ouverte. En 2020, la procédure est classée sans suite. Selon la journaliste, cette décision a eu des conséquences durables. "Beaucoup de femmes hésitaient déjà à témoigner contre une personnalité aussi connue. Le classement sans suite a envoyé un signal très négatif : celui que ces récits ne produisaient aucun effet."
Dans les années qui suivent, Patrick Bruel continue d'être mis à l'honneur dans de grands événements : le spectacle des Enfoirés chaque année, la Fête de la musique sur France 2, les Jeux olympiques de Paris (dont il a été l'un des relayeurs de flamme), et des hommages nationaux, au Panthéon pour l'entrée de Missak Manouchian et aux Invalides pour la cérémonie d'hommage aux victimes françaises du 7-Octobre.
"Un faisceau d'indices graves et concordants"
La journaliste souligne que l'accumulation de récits concordants peut constituer un élément central dans des enquêtes où les preuves matérielles ou les témoins viennent parfois à manquer. "Si cela ne constitue pas une preuve en soi, cela peut participer à construire un faisceau d'indices graves et concordants."
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La CroixIndependentCenter8 days agoTwo new complaints have been filed against Patrick Bruel regarding sexual violence.
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20 MinutesIndependentCenter8 days agoTwo new complaints have been filed against Patrick Bruel.
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Le FigaroIndependent🔒Center8 days agoTwo new complaints have been filed against 67-year-old singer Patrick Bruel at the Nanterre court on June 12. Bruel is already under investigation in four separate cases.
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Le ParisienIndependentCenter8 days agoPatrick Bruel is facing two new complaints of rape and attempted rape, with testimonies reportedly coming forward.
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MediapartIndependent🔒Center9 days agoTwo new complaints have been filed in the Bruel case, one for rape and another for attempted rape.
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BFM TVIndependentCenter9 days ago "If he wants to, he can": the lawyer of Patrick Bruel, who is under investigation, stresses that "there is no prohibition" on him "to give a concert"The attorney for Patrick Bruel, who has been placed under investigation, stated that there is no legal prohibition preventing him from holding a concert.
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La CroixIndependentCenter10 days ago Patrick Bruel is under investigation for rape and sexual assault but not incarceratedPatrick Bruel has been placed under formal investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault but has not been arrested.
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Le PointIndependent🔒Center10 days agoPatrick Bruel has been placed under investigation for allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment but has avoided provisional detention.
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BFM TVIndependentCenter10 days ago Patrick Bruel: the singer is under investigation for "rape", "attempted rape", "sexual assault" and "sexual harassment"French singer Patrick Bruel has been placed under formal investigation for allegations of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
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BFM TVIndependentCenter10 days ago Patrick Bruel is being charged with "rape", "attempted rape", "sexual assault" and "sexual harassment"Patrick Bruel is under investigation for allegations of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
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BFM TVIndependentCenter11 days ago The Court of First Instance has also held that the Commission's decision to initiate proceedings against the applicant is not a sufficient measure to prevent the applicant from being subject to the same conditions as the applicant's decision.An attorney for a complainant reacts positively to the request for provisional detention of Patrick Bruel.
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MediapartIndependent🔒Center11 days ago Sexual violence: Prosecutor's office calls for the provisional detention of Patrick BruelThe prosecutor has requested pretrial detention for Patrick Bruel following allegations of sexual violence.
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LibérationIndependentCenter11 days agoPatrick Bruel, a French singer, has been placed under formal investigation for allegations of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
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BFM TVIndependentCenter11 days ago Patrick Bruel, accused of rape and sexual assault, will be brought before a judge on Wednesday.Patrick Bruel, a French singer, will appear before a judge on Wednesday following allegations of sexual assault and rape.
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France 24 (Français)State / PublicCenter12 days agoThirteen victims have been identified so far by investigators, with a prolonged 24-hour detention and new complaints of rape and attempted rape. Seven years after the first complaints against Patrick Bruel, the case has taken an unprecedented scale. Since the revelations by Mediapart in May, around thirty women claim in the press to have been victims of Patrick Bruel, who denies all allegations. The singer, aged 67, is being questioned since Monday morning at the headquarters of the first judicial police district in Paris regarding 'facts that concern at this stage 13 victims,' according to Nâ
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