Singer Slimane, targeted by a complaint for sexual harassment filed by a technician on one of his tours, won Friday 1is November evening the trophy for the French-speaking male artist at the NRJ Music Awards.
This price “has a special taste”recognized Slimane after winning his prize. “My daughter, when you grow up I really hope you will be proud of your daddy. (…) To my audience, sorry, from a human to many other human beings, thank you from the bottom of my heart”he added, very moved.
This was his first public appearance since the revelation by the Parisian of a complaint from a lawyer representing a technician who claims “having been the victim of sexual harassment (…) in December 2023, during a concert at the Zénith in Saint-Etienne”according to the Saint-Etienne public prosecutor’s office.
The prosecution “waiting for evidence”
The prosecution indicated Tuesday to Agence France-Presse that it was “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 « Cupidon tour ». In May, he took fourth place in Eurovision with his song ” My love “. Revealed in The Voice on TF1 which he won in 2016, he was at the top, during his duet with the singer Vitaa, in the album sales ranking in France in 2020 with « Versus ».
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The prize for the French-speaking female artist went to Vitaa, that of the best group in Indochina, and Pierre Garnier, revealed in the Star Academy, won two titles (French-speaking revelation and best song for “Those we were”), at the end of this ceremony in Cannes, broadcast on TF1.
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