The singer known for his roles in musicals was sentenced for having had a “relationship” with one of his students, then 14 years old and him 27 years old.
Singer Stéphane Métro, 46, known for his roles in musicals, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, including one and a half years by the Bobigny court for sexual abuse of adolescents, then his students.
He was also sentenced to a permanent ban on exercising an activity in contact with minors and to socio-judicial follow-up for ten years. During his trial in December, he admitted having had a “relationship” with one of his students, then aged 14 and he was 27.
Present at the hearing, the devastated victim will be unable to speak. The secret affair lasts several years, including the first two when they will only have anal sex. It was the first sexual experience of the victim, who then suffered from serious disorders.
“The sentence imposed, and in particular the definitive ban on carrying out an activity with minors, is a real relief for my client who has always been guided by the desire to ensure that he could not cause any more victims. “, declared to AFP Me Marianne Rostan, lawyer of the young woman.
“Pathological Behavior”
The singer was also found guilty of sexually assaulting two other victims, a 15-year-old student he had sex with in 2010 and 2011, and a 14-year-old girl he sent inappropriate messages to in 2015.
The singer has already been convicted of sexual abuse of minors in 1996 on children aged 10 and 11 in summer camp, when he was 18. He claimed to have been raped during his childhood by two members of his family on his island of birth, Reunion.
“This trauma has fermented in this man”, had underlined his lawyer, Me Bérenger Tourné, during the trial. “He acknowledged that his behavior was pathological.”
Author-composer and director, Stéphane Métro made a name for himself in the early 2000s through Gérard Presgurvic’s musical “Romeo & Juliet” and then that of Roman Polanski, “Le bal des vampires”. He has also been on the jury for several television shows.
