Patrick Bruel faces 15 new accusations in Mediapart report

Mediapart published the accounts of 15 new women accusing patrick bruel of sexual violence, widening a case that has now accumulated about thirty accusers since 1990. The new accounts push the story across concerts, filming, care institutes, massage institutes, and professional meetings between 1991 and 2019.

Eva and December 1990

One woman identified as Eva in the report said she was 16 years old when she met Bruel in December 1990. She alleged that he drugged her without her knowledge and said she woke up while he was putting her pants back on and rebuckling them on his bed.

Bruel told Mediapart that he had met Eva in the 1990s and that they had an episodic relationship. He said he never drugged her and never forced any sexual act on her, using the words “jamais droguée” and “imposé aucun rapport.”

Three judicial investigations

Bruel, 66, is already the subject of three judicial investigations: attempted rape in Paris, rape in Saint-Malo, and sexual assault in Brussels. The new testimony lands on top of that legal exposure, which keeps the case from being treated as a single isolated complaint.

In 2019, five masseuses from luxury spas in five French cities accused him of sexual violence, and four of them went to court. The procedure was closed in 2020 in the absence of elements allowing a criminal offense to be characterized.

About thirty women since 1990

The fresh batch also changes the scale of the record now circulating around Bruel’s name. About thirty women have denounced his behavior since 1990, and the new file stretches those accusations across nearly three decades rather than a single period.

That spread matters for readers tracking the case because it shows why each new disclosure adds pressure even when the legal outcomes have been mixed. The next consequence is straightforward: Bruel’s denial now sits beside a larger body of testimony, and the number of women willing to speak continues to grow.