Bruno Vandelli, ex-juror of “Popstars”, appears this Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in court for corruption of a minor, reports BFMTV. The choreographer is expected at 1:30 p.m., at the Grasse criminal court, in the south of France, following a complaint filed in 2017. The case would not be linked to his disputes with Yannis Marshall, ex-coach of the “Star Academy », who accuses him of rape and sexual assault of a minor.
According to BFMTV, the facts for which the dancer is accused date back to 2016. Following a dance course, Bruno Vandelli and her ex-husband then contacted a young person via social networks and exchanged pornographic videos with him. “Sexual acts showing Bruno Vandelli with her husband having intimate relations,” explained Me Cohen Sabban, lawyer for the choreographer, to the news channel. After finding the images on her son’s phone, the young man’s mother filed a complaint.
Bruno Vandelli assures that he does not know the alleged victim. “We never met this person, neither my ex-husband nor myself. There was never any physical contact, it was a virtual relationship. It’s a video story,” he declared in January to the French media.
This affair occurs while the choreographer is being pursued by Yannis Marshall. The latter accuses him of having raped and sexually assaulted him when he was 14 years old and a student at Bruno Vandelli’s dance school in Cannes. He filed a complaint on January 25, 2024, with the Grasse public prosecutor’s office. An investigation has been opened. Bruno Vandelli rejected these accusations, ensuring that it was a “love story without any violence”.
