A new twist recently relaunched the Slimane affair . Revealed to the general public during his participation in the tele-hook The Voice in 2016 on TF1, the singer managed to win the fifth edition of the program that year. Subsequently, he successfully embarked on a musical career. Slimane even represented France during the last edition of the Eurovision song contest. However, the public image of little Esmeralda's father has been severely damaged in recent weeks. As a reminder, the musician is the subject of a complaint for sexual harassment filed by one of the technicians who was officiating on his most recent tour. The complainant claims to have been pressed against a wall by Slimane in December 2023, when the singer performed in concert near Saint-Étienne. The musician then allegedly made advances towards him the same evening.
Still according to this same technician, he also allegedly sent her messages and videos of a sexual natureeven pornographic, in the night. Following this incident, the complainant left Slimane's tour the next day. According to the latest revelations from Parisian the former winner of The Voice would now be the subject of a second complaint. In fact, another technician who officiated on the singer's last tour claims to have been the victim of sexual assault by the musician. The facts he describes occurred on the night of December 17 to 18, 2023, exactly at the same time as those denounced by the first technician. Aged 33, the second complainant participated in the same party backstage that evening just after Slimane's concert in Saint-Etienne. In his complaint, he indicates in particular that the singer walked behind him when he was dancing, before whispering in his ear: “Say you're good“. “I'm good, but only on Sunday“, the technician then replied as a joke.
Slimane is currently the subject of a preliminary investigation
“I don't care, it's Saturday night“, the musician then replied, grabbing him by the waist. The complainant claims that Slimane would then have placed his erect penis between his buttockswhile trying to get his hands on the technician's penis. It was at this precise moment that the singer was allegedly arrested by his brother. The latter then allegedly ordered everyone present to “delete all videos of what happened“Following this incident, the technician and several of his colleagues wanted to end their contract and leave Slimane's tour, but their employer would have minimized the incident. ” It's okay guys, what he did isn't harmful it's just a party“, he would have declared. As a reminder, a preliminary investigation was opened by the public prosecutor of Saint-Etienne against the singer. Contacted by The ParisianSlimane's entourage did not respond to the newspaper's requests.
Slimane remains innocent of the charges against him until the closure of this case.