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 monitoring for ten years.
“The fight against sexual violence against minors should be an absolute emergency for our society”
During his trial in December, he admitted to having had a ” relationship “ with one of his students, then 14 years old and him 27 years old. 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 permanent 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. »Marianne Rostan, the young woman’s lawyer, told AFP.
“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.
Incest is a pit, and France is late
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, Bérenger Tourné, during the trial. “He recognized that his behavior was pathological. »
Author-composer and director, Stéphane Métro made a name for himself in the early 2000s through the musical “Romeo & Juliet” by Gérard Presgurvic then that of Roman Polanski, “The Vampire Ball”. He has also been on the jury for several television shows.
