Bilal Hassani Reveals He Was Raped In 2019 – HuffPost

VALERY HACHE / AFP French singer and influencer Bilal Hassani poses on the pink carpet during the closing night of the 5th MCannes International Series Festival (Canneseries) in Cannes, southern France on April 6, 2022. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) VALERY HACHE / AFP Bilal Hassani, here during the closing night of the 5th Canneseries International Festival, in Cannes, April 6, 2022. MEDIA – Guest of the show Seven to Eight on TF1 this Sunday, September 11, Bilal Hassani publicly revealed a rape which he says he suffered three years ago, after a party. The singer, who devoted a title from his next album – Théorème, which will be released this fall – to this drama, confided in an interview with Audrey Crespo-Mara (to listen to in the video below). “It’s something that’s been haunting me since the year it happened, it was 2019. Someone in my circle, someone I trusted; we left in the evening. I came home from that evening with him. I had drunk, suddenly, two, three glasses. But I didn’t feel what you feel when you drink two, three glasses. I was clearly under the influence of a substance that I hadn’t wanted to take, and I started having blackouts, moments when I had no memory. And I was waking up, and it was happening which can translate into a sexual assault. It was a rape, ”says the representative of France at Eurovision 2019. With audacity and pride, he imposes his singularity. Since his childhood, this has earned him attacks and threats. How did… https://t.co/eEI3phRSo6 — Sept à Huit (@7a8) See tweet I said: ‘don’t ask questions, don’t say anything, move on, move on,’ continues Bilal Hassani. Why didn’t he file a complaint? “I couldn’t talk about it in public, and this is the only time I’m going to do it. I did not want to give a new rope to feed the hatred that I receive, ”replies the juror of season 12 of Dancing with the stars. “In fact, what would have happened, if I had filed a complaint, it would have been known, fairly quickly, and it would have become the subject,” he concludes. See also on The HuffPost: You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.