Unifrance Managing Director Daniela Elstner Files Police Complaint Against Singer and Actor Patrick Bruel for Attempted Rape and Sexual Assault

By Alex Ritman

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Daniela Elstner, managing director of Unifrance, has filed a police complaint against French singer-songwriter and actor Patrick Bruel over alleged attempted rape and sexual assault.

The exec’s complaint was confirmed by the Mediapart investigative news website alongside reports of six others who claimed they had suffered alleged sexual assaults by Bruel between 1992 and 2019.

Mediapart said that a second complaint for alleged rape had also been a lodged against Bruel, with the incident alleged to have taken place in 2012 at the Dinard British Film Festival, where he served as president of the jury. According to AFP, prosecutors in the Breton town of Saint-Malo have now started a formal investigation into a woman’s claims, made in September 2024.

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