Bruel arrested and dropped from Swiss gigs

Patrick Bruel (c) Guy Delsaut

Swiss festival organisers are distancing themselves from French singer Patrick Bruel after his arrest on sexual assault allegations.

Bruel has been dropped from the Pully Jazz Festival near Lausanne and the Bellarana Festival in Fribourg, while promoters cancelled most of his upcoming tour last week. 

The 67-year-old is now in police custody in Paris, where he is being questioned over allegations involving thirteen presumed victims. 

He faces four rape complaints in France and a separate investigation in Belgium. The singer denies all the accusations. 

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