Yohann Malory was released from custody but was placed under judicial supervision, we learned from a judicial source on Friday.
The celebrity lyricist was indicted on Thursday for sexual assault aggravated by the administration of harmful substance, rape and administration of harmful substance with premeditation or sexual assault and administration of harmful substances with premeditation towards four complainants.
He was placed under the status of assisted witness with regard to a final complainant.
The 36-year-old author, composer, performer and lyricist for many singers (Johnny Hallyday, Louane, M.Pokora, Jenifer ...), had been taken into custody on Wednesday morning at the 1st DPJ ( judicial police) as part of an investigation opened on October 19 by the Paris prosecutor's office.
Five women, mostly artists, then filed a complaint against Yohann Malory for sexual offenses up to rape, associated with drug administration at parties.
"My clients learn of this indictment with relief"
It was a 24-year-old artist, Lola Le Lann, who broke the affair by announcing on October 6 that she had decided to cancel the release of her first album.
She then explained that she had received several testimonies accusing Yohann Malory of aggression, one of the authors of the songs on her album.
But the first to file a complaint is a model, Charlotte Lemay, as she first told Le Parisien in February.
"My clients learn of this indictment with relief," reacts the lawyer for four of the alleged victims, Me Yassine Bouzrou.
The lyricist's lawyer, Me Antoine Vey, then argued that his client was "a victim of slanderous and very evolving publications on social networks".
On January 8, Yohann Malory sent the Paris prosecutor's office a complaint for slanderous denunciation.
“I suffer immense harm even though I am innocent.
My name has been sullied, ”he lamented in our columns.
2020 saw the birth in France of the Musictoo movement, named after a collective that collects the testimonies of women harassed or sexually assaulted in the world of music.
On October 1, he had collected no less than 277 testimonies in music.
Several names have since been made public.
After rapper Moha La Squale, denounced on social networks for serious facts, singer Spleen, rapper Retro X and lyricist Yohann Malory are accused of sexual assault and rape.
Investigations are open.
