A matter on which the singer has not yet wished to speak… Tuesday October 29, 2024, Le Parisien revealed that a former technician from Slimane's tour had filed a complaint against the artist for sexual harassment. The acts denounced were allegedly committed on the night of December 17 to 18, 2023 at the Zénith in Saint-Étienne. According to the complaint, it was once the concert was over that the technician was “blocked against a wall” by the interpreter of Mon amour, who allegedly imposed “an embrace”. “Slimane explains to him that he wants to have sex with him. His interlocutor replies that he is not interested, that he is heterosexual and married, but the singer insists and takes him to his dressing room.specifies Le Parisien.
Me Anne-Sophie Charrieras, the technician's lawyer, assured that her client had repeated several times that he was not interested. “The artist insists and asks if other members of the team would be there. My client leaves the dressing room in a hurry and joins the tour bus”she detailed, before adding: “He thinks he's done, but during the night, from his bed on the tour bus, the artist will send him a multitude of messages and videos of a sexual nature for two and a half hourseven pornographic”.
Gilles Verdez: “The complaint targets SMS messages, 30 or 40, videos”
Wednesday November 6, 2024, on the set of Touche pas à mon poste, on C8, Gilles Verdez made new revelations on this affair. “We can reveal that he is a sound engineer and he has not stopped working at all. He continues to work (…) there is no longer any contact of any form whatsoever between Slimane and this technician“he assured.
The columnist then continued: “What we can also say is that the complaint for sexual harassment targets text messages, 30 or 40, videos and I was told about a photo that Slimane would have sent to the technician while he was on the bus”.
An “extremely drunken” evening
Furthermore, Gilles Verdez revealed that he had confirmation,
“and everyone recognizes that, including those around Slimane”he specifies, that the evening was
“extremely watered”. “There is a total loss of control on the part of all the protagonists“he added, before slipping:
“I am assured that it is impossible that Slimane took the technician by force to his dressing room, he is incapable of doing that. They also say that he is less physically strong than the technician”.
If Slimane appeared a few days ago on the stage of
NRJ Music Awardsafter winning the prize for French-speaking male artist of the year, he would be at his worst.
“He is not doing well at all, he is obviously very affected“indicated Gilles Verdez. While the singer will be on stage in Rouen and Orléans this weekend, he added: “For him, forming a bond with his audience is the best therapy”.
