2023-08-06 20:47:00
Lomepal, Antoine Valentinelli of his real name, performed for the first time in public since the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed Thursday that a rape investigation was opened for facts which would have occurred in 2017. He had denied Thursday the accusations of rape.
During his performance in Cannes, barely disturbed by the boos of a dozen feminists, the singer, black cap screwed on his head and T-shirt of the same color, made no allusion to his legal situation.
Several thousand people, with a largely female audience, cheered him on his arrival and followed his performance, which lasted more than an hour, dancing on the beach where the stage of this festival is located. electro music.
The Family Planning 06 association (Alpes-Maritimes) and the We all collective, present in the aisles of the festival in a “Safe” space, had tried to have the Lomepal concert canceled, without success.
“We asked for his deprogramming because his presence contributes to the culture of rape which minimizes sexual violence”, explained Camille Privat, prevention facilitator within Family Planning.
“We hear the festival’s inability to deprogram it, but faced with these contract problems, we would like that to change so that it does not happen again,” added the young woman.
In a press release published on Saturday, the organizers of the festival had declared, faced with the will of the artist and his management to maintain his performance, wanting to “honor their contractual commitments”.
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