A FRENCH TV presenter has accused a pop star of raping her when she was a child – with the singer now facing allegations from 15 different women.
Flavie Flament, 51, announced on social media she would be filing a police complaint alleging that Patrick Bruel, 67, sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.
Flavie Flament has accused the pop star of raping her Credit: AFP
French singer and actor Patrick Bruel is facing numerous accusations of sexual assault Credit: AFP
The journalist said on Instagram: “I have another date with my past. And with a man who plundered my adolescence.
“I am filing a complaint against Patrick Bruel for rape. So that the truth comes out, so that justice is served.”
Flament has reportedly accused the singer of raping her in 1991, when she was 17, in his Paris apartment, according to Mediapart.
Bruel has vehemently denied the allegations.
Flament claimed she was raped in 1991 Credit: AFP
The singer-songwriter has been accused of rape Credit: EPA
His lawyers told Le Parisien the singer had an “occasional relationship” with Flament but rejected accusations of drugging or sexually assaulting her.
Flament is one of 15 women who made allegations of sexual assault in the outlet’s investigation.
It was published in early May and contained allegations made by Flament but under the pseudonym “Eva”.
She told the outlet Bruel allegedly offered her a cup of tea, before she “blacked out.”
Flament posted on Instagram saying she would be filing a police report against Bruel Credit: Instagram/@flavieflamentoff
The presenter pictured when she was a childCredit: Not known clear with Picture Desk
The presenter claimed she “woke up hallucinating” while he was allegedly “putting her pants back on and buttoning them up”.
She told Mediapart: “I don’t understand what’s happening to me, I’m unable to react.”
The alleged victim claimed the singer then dropped her off in front of a shabby hotel near the Saint-Lazare train station.
Following the alleged encounter, Flament later crossed paths with Bruel several times.
She told a TF1 broadcast in 2006 that she remembered bumping into him in a corridor.
The television and radio host alleged: “I saw him coming down a corridor, we were alone, I wanted to turn around, he hugged me and whispered in my ear: ‘Do you remember?’
“I said no, I got scared, and he said, very confidently: ‘Of course we slept together.’
Testimonies accusing Bruel of sexual violence have increased in French media in the last few weeks.
At least 30 women have made allegations against Bruel to several outlets including Mediapart, Elle magazine and RTBF.
The singer is currently being investigated in three investigations opened in Paris, Saint-Malo, and Brussels for attempted rape, rape, and sexual assault respectively.
The artist denies all of the allegations and claims he is innocent.
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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