We hardly see him anymore. Since October, Slimane is accused of assault and sexual harassment on two technicians. After working on his tour Cupidon Tour in 2023, the latter filed a complaint against the artist. A case which was very quickly publicized. Despite a brief appearance at the NRJ Music Awards, Slimane preferred to play the discretion card.
For its part, Vitaa is in the middle of a tour, but the atmosphere is not there. Quite the contrary… Following this story, many conflicts broke out behind the scenes. The technicians refuse to allow Slimane to share the stage with Vitaa during his concert at the Accor Arena, this Wednesday, December 4.
A conflict breaks out between the technicians and the production company
“We signed for Vitaa, not for Slimane. Our job is to put an artist on stage on a pedestal and we don't want to put on a pedestal a guy who is the target of two complaints for sexual assault and sexual harassment, what's more filed by colleagues, sometimes friends Of course, Slimane benefits from the presumption of innocence, but we know the artist and the atmosphere on his tours. Out of the question to work for him“declared a technician in the columns of Parisian.
“We got together and concluded that we were all opposed to the arrival of Slimane“says another witness. On November 29, shortly before the concert at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux, around forty technicians expressed their disagreement in front of the singer herself, her husband Hicham Bendaoud, as well as Nicolas Coullie, the turner of Vitaa and Slimane.
Vitaa's husband defends Slimane
Their answers? On the one hand, Nicolas Coullie “do not minimize the facts” but explains “that we should not mix everything up and penalize Vitaa”reports a technician who participated in the meeting. “Charlotte (Vitaa's real first name) makes us feel guilty… She doesn't understand that we are doing this to her when she has nothing to do with it. She sees it as a betrayal. She says that Slimane is like her brother and that like in any family, we remain united even if we don't condone all the bullshit”adds one of them.
“The most scathing is Hicham who asks us to defend Slimane: Who has never sent a photo of their dick? We all raised our hands.”he confides. Indeed, as a reminder, one of the complainants explained having received photos of a sexual nature from the winner of The Voice.
