Patrick Bruel Charged with Rape and Assault: Why Can't He Cancel His Concerts?
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While Patrick Bruel continues to fill the rooms despite allegations of rape and sexual assault by some 30 women, feminist activists refuse to remain silent.
Weeks after the start of the wave of testimonies accusing Patrick Bruel of rape and sexual assault, the singer continues to play in the theatre and plans to honour his concert tour. Why can't he cancel his professional commitments?
The controversy is growing around Patrick Bruel's concerts scheduled this summer in Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var. On Tuesday, 27 May, several elected ecologists and leftists ask for the deprogramming of the singer, targeted by several investigations for rape and sexual assault.
Accused of sexual assault and rape by some 30 women, including the animator Flavie Flament, for acts that allegedly took place between 1991 and 2019, Patrick Bruel claims his innocence and enjoys the presumption of innocence. However, in the face of the scale of the case, the supporters of the 67-year-old singer are rarer and the threat of the cancellation of his tour 2026 now weighs on him. According to the information published by Paris Match …
Patrick Bruel faced serious accusations, his fragile tour between cancellations in francophonie and debates around the concert in Nice.
The singer Patrick Bruel, targeted by multiple investigations for rape and sexual assault, is scheduled to take place in the two cities of the Metropolis of Nice on 21 July and 31 October 2026.
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