The Saint-Étienne prosecutor’s office announced on Thursday, November 7, that it had opened a preliminary investigation following the filing of a complaint of sexual harassment against the singer Slimane.
A technician who worked on a tour of the artist during a concert in Saint-Étienne in December 2023 recently filed a complaint alleging that he received unsolicited pornographic messages and videos, according to his lawyer.
The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed at the end of October that it had received this complaint but was waiting to receive the material elements before opening a preliminary investigation. It was eventually opened for “sexual harassment aggravated by the use of a digital or electronic medium,” prosecutor David Charmatz told Agence France-Presse.
Slimane, 35, is on tour for his “Cupid tour.” In May he achieved fourth place in Eurovision with his song. My love.
Revealed by the telecrochet “The Voice”, on TF1, which he won in 2016, he took first place, during his duet with the singer Vitaa, in the ranking of album sales in France in 2020 with his work. Versus. the title goes, comes allowed them to win a Victoire de la Musique that year in the original song category.
On November 2, he won the French-speaking male artist trophy at the 2024 NRJ Music Awards.
