The American singer Chris Brown, accused of rape since January by a French woman, did not go Tuesday to the police summons for a confrontation with the complainant in Paris, said the lawyers of the latter.
The other two accused also absent
"Chris Brown has no valid excuse for his absence, he just deliberately chose not to show up for the show today ... (...) It's a scandal," said Gloria Allred , the American lawyer of the young woman, in a statement read to the press. The 24-year-old complainant accuses Chris Brown, her bodyguard and one of the singer's friends, of having raped her in a Parisian palace on the night of January 15 to 16. All three were placed in custody in January, including "aggravated rape", before being released, without being prosecuted. None of them were present Tuesday for this confrontation.
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His lawyer mentions "professional constraints"
The lawyer of the 30-year-old artist, who denounces accusations "infamous, fanciful and contradictory", assured AFP Tuesday that his client remained "at the disposal of justice". "He is the first to have asked for a confrontation with the complainant, who hastened to refuse her while he was in police custody and ready to confront him," said Raphaël Chiche. , in a statement to AFP. He added having indicated, "for several days" that the artist would not be present Tuesday in Paris "due to professional constraints". Chiche also announced in January that he had filed a complaint for "slanderous denunciation" against the woman who accuses Chris Brown.