The cellist Jérôme Pernoo, who is to be tried at the end of May in particular for sexual assault on a minor, is the subject of a new complaint and a new investigation for comparable facts, AFP learned on Tuesday March 14 from the parquet floor of Paris, confirming information from Le
Parisien
.
The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the protection of minors, confirmed the public prosecutor.
According to the daily, the complainant, a young cellist who took lessons with Jérôme Pernoo from the age of 14 to 21, first publicly supported his former teacher in the face of the accusations against him, before finally filing a complaint. in turn.
Asked by AFP, Jérôme Pernoo's lawyer, Me Chirine Heydari, did not wish to comment.
Jérôme Pernoo is to be tried in May by the Paris Criminal Court for sexual assault on a minor against one victim and sexual harassment against two victims.
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"Eleven Testimonies"
Jérôme Pernoo had been dismissed without notice or compensation in May 2022 by the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris (CNSMDP), following an administrative investigation and disciplinary proceedings.
The decision was confirmed in early November by the administrative court of Paris.
Jérôme Pernoo intended to appeal, said his lawyer before this court, Me Patrice Spinosi, according to whom the cellist "
rejected the charges
" against him.
Teacher at the CNSMDP since 2007, the cellist had initially been suspended as a precaution, after reports from two former students to the director of the establishment.
He had obtained the lifting of this decision in court.
In its order at the beginning of November, the administrative court noted that "
eleven testimonies show (that he) had inappropriate gestures towards two former students
" in particular during a study trip to Russia,
the "seriousness
" of which led the management to seize the prosecutor.
The order also recalled that the professor, who had never been the subject of a report of this type before, had been accused of “
inappropriate behavior
” during his lessons.