"What Patrick Bruel did not just move, it's forbidden"

The feeling of having to talk. A few days after the revelation by Le Parisien of the audition of Patrick Bruel in a case of sexual exhibition alleged during a massage in Corsica, Sophie (the name has been changed) jumps the pace. This woman in her 30s writes to the Ajaccio public prosecutor and claims to have been treated the same way eight years earlier. In total, the Ajaccio public prosecutor's office has now received three reports. Auditions are still ongoing, according to a judicial source. The prosecutor's office in Perpignan has opened a separate investigation for "sexual assault".

"When the case came out in the press, a friend familiar with my story sent me an article, says Sophie, based in Spain. I discovered that everything was similar to what I had suffered … "A shock. Time has passed and Sophie is now feeling solid enough to say it all. For me, but also for this girl who had the courage to denounce the facts, to show him that she is not alone.

"He sticks to me, naked, erect"

In 2011, Sophie works on the island of St. Barthelemy. His institute of care frequently receives the clients of a palace. That day, according to the testimony of the masseuse who wishes to remain anonymous, Patrick Bruel wishes a massage in his suite. "I admit that I am a little destabilized at first, I am impressed, remembers the young woman. He settles on his stomach, but refuses that I cover his buttocks. Intimidated, Sophie does not say anything, tries to do her job at best. "Then he turns around and refuses the towel again …"

According to Sophie, Patrick Bruel then asks to be massaged on the thighs, then the belly … "He then took my hands to direct them to his sex before telling me to kiss him … tells the young woman. I say stop, he insists, and I shorten the massage. A few minutes later, still in the room, the young woman arranges her massage table when the singer "arrives from behind, grabs my wrists and sticks to me, always naked, erect. I got angry and asked him to let me go.

"You do not have to be afraid"

For years, Sophie will put this episode aside. To "face her fear" she agrees to return to massage the star the next day. She does not file a complaint. "A regret, because it could have made him aware," blows the young woman. If she has crossed the threshold and agrees to testify today, it is to free speech. If there are other victims, they must be heard. Even if it's a celebrity, do not be afraid. "

For her, it's too late. The facts would be prescribed. This does not prevent the young woman, like her lawyer Yassine Bouzrou, to ask the court to investigate: "The serious facts denounced by my client require that further investigations be conducted as quickly as possible despite the prescription of the facts . A young woman who just asks to "be recognized as a victim. What he did is not just out of place, it's forbidden. "

His shows continue

Contacted, a close to the singer, said Thursday night: "As you write elsewhere, the reception by the public Monday in Lyon, or Wednesday in Nantes, shows that these allegations occupy the spirit of a certain press, which multiplies the false twists. "

In the meantime, if the artist's performances continue, we will not see him in "Danse avec les stars" on TF 1, as it was considered for a moment. The musician must reappear once in early December on TF1 which prepares the broadcast of one of his two concerts in Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), scheduled December 6 and 7. The production must even work with Patrick Bruel Friday in Caen, where he plays on the course of this evening event.