Sloane found success in the 1980s alongside Peter, but secretly she hid deep distress. The singer, who is releasing a new album, spoke about the hell she experienced for years…
Sloane, who is releasing a new album this November 4 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the title's arrival Need nothing, want you in the top 50, enjoyed dazzling success in the 80s. But behind the glitter and glory, his friend at the time, Peter, made his life hell…
Sloane denounces Peter's violence: “I was very thin…”
It is mainly to Sloane that we owe the hit Need nothing, want you ! The singer wrote and composed the song and yet it was Peter who took all the glory. “Side A was supposed to be a slow song that Peter had written. I had to compose side B and found myself on side A, without ever having had the right to speak in an interview. Peter, who wrote neither the music nor the lyrics, still co-wrote the song. He took all the light. He wanted to succeed on his own and couldn't stand me anymore“, confided the singer, now aged 67, to Parisian.
Quickly, the singer began to become violent with his partner. “Once he headbutted me, I had a crush for two weeks. Afterwards, he slapped me on the back of the head so it wouldn't show.“, she recalled. The situation was so trying that Sloane lost a lot of weight: “I was very thin, I weighed 45 kg for 1.68 m“.
Sloane 'almost died': 'He didn't care'
Behind this sparkling smile that the star displayed on television sets and during concerts, hid a deep distress that few people were able to detect… apart from a comedian whom she accompanied on tour in 1985. When the latter When he became aware of Peter's violent behavior, he tried to defend the singer: “He pinned Peter against the wall and told him to stop. I was depressed but it didn't show on stage. Peter was sending me dirty messages. I was under contract, I kept quiet. He told the musicians behind my back that I was a tease, hellish“.
One night, Sloane's friend even snitched on her.a trash can on the head“. And the day the artist had a miscarriage in 1985, her companion at the time “didn't care“He waited until the next day to take her to the hospital, even though she had “almost died“.
In 2009, the duo reformed for the RFM Party tour: “To please my producer husband. I had warned Peter. If he ever raised a hand against me, I would kill him. He always had this unbearable character wanting to shine, he was odious“. Today, Sloane wants to put her past with Jean-Pierre Savelli, his real name, behind her and move forward…
