After being sentenced to a fine of 10,000 euros for sexual assault on a 15-year-old minor in 2007, then to a one-year suspended prison sentence for corruption of a 15-year-old minor, Jean-Luc Lahaye is the subject of a third legal procedure in two new businesses launched in 2021…
Jean-Luc Lahaye has been banned from performing concerts since 2022
The famous singer – who continues to proclaim his innocence – is suspected of raping two teenage girls aged 16 and 17 in 2013 and 2014, as well as possessing child pornography images. First placed in police custody in November 2021, the artist was then indicted for “rape and sexual assault of minors over 15 years old” and “corruption of minors”, placed in pre-trial detention then released under supervision. judicial. Since then, Jean-Luc Lahaye has been banned from appearing or performing publicly, as well as from carrying out any activity “involving contact with minors”. He then asked the investigating judge to place him under the status of assisted witness.
The two indictments for “rape and sexual assault of minors” maintained
Last June, after the investigating judge’s refusal to this request, BFMTV revealed that Jean-Luc Lahaye had requested the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal to cancel one of the two indictments. The court took several months to rule on this subject. This Thursday, October 10, 2024, the verdict fell: the refusal of the 71-year-old singer’s request was confirmed, and the latter remains doubly indicted. Jean-Luc Lahaye’s lawyers, who believe that the plaintiffs’ accusations contain inconsistencies, regretted this decision. “This complainant has not communicated all of the information requested from her for months and months. The numerous testimonies of women in favor of Jean-Luc Lahaye are never taken into account. This popular singer must be able to practice his profession“, they told AFP.
