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Netherlands: judicial investigation following allegations of sexual assault around The Voice

2022-04-25T13:09:43.371Z


The Dutch public prosecutor's office announced on Monday April 25 the opening of a judicial investigation against several suspects following allegations of assault...


The Dutch public prosecutor's office announced on Monday April 25 the opening of a judicial investigation against several suspects following allegations of sexual assault that splashed the flagship musical program "

The Voice Holland

", whose format has been exported to more than 150 countries.

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A program detailing accusations of sexually transgressive behavior and abuse of power within the famous tele-hook by a local broadcaster called BOOS ("

anger

", in French) shocked the Netherlands in January, and marked the first major #MeToo scandal in the country.

"

Five people have reported possible criminal offenses against four people in total

" around The Voice, said in a statement the Dutch public prosecutor's office, which assessed the reports and decided "

to open a new judicial investigation

".

The four people targeted by these reports have been "

designated as suspects

", said the public prosecutor.

The original version of the show, whose principle - coaches on swivel chairs choose the candidates after having listened

to them sing "blindly

", had been suspended in January.

A former candidate had notably accused anonymously to the broadcaster "

BOOS

" rapper Ali B, coach on the show, of rape.

He is now the subject of three complaints and continues to deny the allegations, according to Dutch news agency ANP.

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A “thorough” investigation to come

Many women had reported to the show about bullying sexual behavior by the show's group leader Jeroen Rietbergen, who was the spouse of Dutch reality TV pope John de Mol's sister Linda.

The scandal had put the 66-year-old billionaire, behind the show, in the hot seat, who following the revelations admitted to having been made aware of inappropriate messages sent to a candidate by Jeroen Rietbergen in 2019 without having taken action. .

A director as well as the popular Dutch singer Marco Borsato had also been implicated.

The police will carry out a thorough investigation in the coming period.

To this end, various witnesses and suspects will be heard.

This should take some time

,” the prosecution said.

Many cases related to transgressive behavior have since the scandal around The Voice Holland been brought to light in the Netherlands, in particular targeting political figures as well as the former director of Ajax Marc Overmars, who was forced to resign .

Source: lefigaro

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