A complaint was filed in 2020 against the artist, accused of rape for acts committed abroad. The media “actu.fr” reveals this Thursday, August 3 that an investigation has been opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office.
The court took over the case. In an article published this Thursday, August 3, the media hasctu.fr reports that Lomepal, a successful rapper from the 13th arrondissement of Paris, is the subject of an open investigation. Confirmed information from Release by the Paris prosecutor’s office. The interpreter of “Eyes say”, “Too beautiful” or even “Decrescendo” is accused of rape for acts that occurred abroad in 2017.
“The Paris public prosecutor’s office entrusted a preliminary investigation of the rape chief to the 3rd district of the judicial police (DPJ) after a complaint filed in 2020 for events that occurred in 2017 abroad”indicates the public ministry to actu.fr. According the Parisian, the facts of which the rapper is accused would have taken place in New York and the complainant would be an acquaintance of the rapper. Investigations are ongoing.
“I know what I have done and what I have not done”
The interested party decided to speak at the end of the afternoon on instagramdenying the accusations “for sure” : “Did I force anyone to do anything? No. Were there any illegal things? No.”he lists.
In his defence, he mentions “misunderstandings, different perceptions” during his “many relationships” at the start of a career. And ensures: “I will respond to justice when it questions me, I am serene […] because I know what I have done and what I have not done.
In July, already, Antoine Valentinelli, of his real name, agitated the social networks. Jenna Boulmedaïs, singer, wrote about him on social media: “It’s been two years since I heard, in the music world, testimonies of women who suffered the inappropriate and unwanted gestures of Antoine Lomepal”.
Indignant, the young woman insisted: “The whole music industry is aware. This silence is literally no longer possible.. Denouncing the presence of the rapper headlining several festivals, she said: “It’s heartbreak hearing the fans scream his lyrics without even knowing what kind of man he is.”
Lomepal, for its part, mentions in its press release “wacky, made-up stories circulating in the music industry […]. All of this is absurd and false. It just never existed.”
Update : at 6:17 p.m., with the response from Lomepal.