Slimane is good in Cannes. Targeted by a complaint for sexual harassment, the singer arrived this Thursday on the Côte d'Azur while he is due to perform this Friday on the stage of the NRJ Music Awards at the Palais des Festivals.
He will perform his song “Mon Amour” which allowed him to win fourth place in the last Eurovision.
According to Le Parisien, his participation in the show was called into question after the revelation of a complaint against the singer filed by a technician who worked on the artist's tour. He accuses Slimane of sexual harassment during a concert at the Zénith in Saint-Etienne in December 2023.
Towards the opening of a preliminary investigation?
The public prosecutor of Saint-Etienne is “waiting for evidence, in the form of various recordings, which this lawyer has announced she has and must send (to her)”to decide on the possible opening of a preliminary investigation.
Slimane, 35, is on tour for his “Cupid tour”. Revealed by the talent show The Voice on TF1 which he won in 2016, he was at the top, during his duo with the singer Vitaa, in the album sales ranking in France in 2020 with their opus “Versus “.
He is nominated in the “French-speaking male artist” category. for the NRJ Music Awards 2024 which will be held on Friday.