“Encounters at the end of the evening, where we make love without knowing each other, one-night relationships. And for me like everyone else, there can be misunderstandings, different perceptions. There are some in life as in those of each and everyone. The popular Lomepal, targeted by a preliminary investigation for “rape”, refutes the accusations and defends itself by pleading “misunderstandings” and “different perceptions” with the complainant. A surprising understatement when the latter evokes, it, a non-consensual sexual intercourse. The rapper is indeed the subject of a rape complaint filed in 2020 for events that occurred in 2017 in New York.
Lomepal denied Thursday and said he was ready to “respond to justice”. “I have nothing to hide, and no reason to hide,” continued the Parisian rapper to three million monthly listeners on the Spotify music platform, denouncing “lies”. “Did I force anyone to do anything?” No. Were there any illegal things? No. And I will never let it be said, ”wrote the rapper on a story on his Instagram account.
“There are crazy stories circulating in the industry”
According the Parisian, the complainant would be an acquaintance of the rapper. The facts would have taken place in 2017 in New York. Requested by AFP, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the opening of a judicial investigation for rape and indicated that “the investigations are continuing”. The investigation was entrusted to the 3rd district of the judicial police (DPJ) of Paris, announced News Paris. In his river message on his Instagram account, Antoine Valentinelli, his real name, explains “having had many relationships” during the first years of his career.
“Then there are the wacky, made-up stories circulating in the music industry. We would pay women, we would sign silence agreements, you name it. I’ve been hearing this for months. All of this is absurd and false. It simply never existed, and it circulates, endlessly, and it is taken up on the networks, and on press sites ”, assures the interpreter of “Eyes say”.
“The whole music industry is aware”, according to a journalist
As you spoke 20 minutes on July 20, the editor-in-chief of the independent media Joly MomeJenna Boulmedais, had revealed on Instagram to hear for two years “testimonies of women who have suffered the inappropriate and unwanted gestures of Antoine Lomepal”.
“The whole music industry knows about it. This silence is literally no longer possible. See his name headlining many festivals as well”, had denounced the one who has since been the subject of a complaint from the French Music Federation.