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Spleen, a former singer of "The Voice", indicted for "rape" and "sexual assault"

2021-04-07T20:50:10.384Z


Spleen, according to his stage name, particularly enjoyed capturing photos and videos of women he allegedly abused.


Pascal O., said Spleen, known for his participation in the musical reality show "The Voice" in 2014, was indicted in February for "rape" and "sexual assault", AFP learned on Wednesday. judicial, confirming information from Neon magazine.

Spleen woke up the slightly too cushy first direct of “The Voice” in 2014, with Björk's “It's, Oh, so quiet”.

But viewers preferred Kendji and his gypsy cover of Amel Bent to him.

And his coach Mika, the delicacy of Caroline Savoie on Keane.

A hearing scheduled for January had been postponed

The singer was indicted for "rape" and "moral harassment" against two women as well as "sexual assault" against a third, according to this source.

Left free under judicial control, he is also indicted for "capturing or transmitting images of a sexual nature without consent" of these three women and a fourth complainant, said this source.

Regarding facts denounced by a fifth woman, he had already been referred to the Paris Criminal Court, but the hearing which was to be held at the beginning of the year was postponed to be added to the file of instruction, according to sources familiar with the matter.

In a long investigation, Neon revealed in November the many accusations against the singer.

"What links all these stories is the capture of photos and videos without the consent of people," said a source familiar with the matter.

#MusicToo freed the voices of the victims

Several women indeed accuse Spleen of having attracted them to his home before forcing them to take photos or videos before, according to some of them, sexually assaulting them or even raping them.

"We dispute the facts," said the singer's lawyer.

In mid-March, Yohann Malory, famous lyricist of singers such as Johnny Hallyday, M. Pokora or Louane, was indicted in Paris for rape and sexual assault on four women, which he disputes.

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Regarding Spleen like Yohann Malory, testimonies against them had emerged on social networks under the keyword #MusicToo, created in the wake of the #MeToo movement to denounce sexual violence in the music industry.

Source: leparis

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