France: plastic artist Claude Lévêque under investigation for rape of minors
French visual artist Claude Lévêque at the Paris Opera on December 30, 2018, for which he created his installation “Saturnalia” celebrating the 350th anniversary of his existence.
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The Bobigny public prosecutor's office said on Monday that plastic surgeon Claude Lévêque has been well targeted since the spring of 2019 by an investigation for “rape and sexual assault on minors” opened following accusations by a sculptor, confirming information from “the World ".
In an investigation published by the daily newspaper on Sunday, the sculptor Laurent Foulon says he then reported to justice the rapes that the plastic surgeon allegedly subjected him to, from his 10 to 17 years old, in the mid-1980s.
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In a letter addressed to the prosecutor of Bobigny in February 2019, the sculptor Laurent Foulon, now aged 51, denounces “
sexual abuse
” suffered by his 10 to 17 years old, in a context of “
hold
” by Claude Lévêque, recognized plastic surgeon of 16 years his elder, on him.
Laurent Foulon also explains his approach: "
I am aware that the criminal acts of which I was a victim are certainly now prescribed, but this complaint allows me to denounce to justice other acts not prescribed on other victims. and to report that one or more minors are currently in great danger of sexual abuse if the irreparable has not already been committed,
”he wrote then, according to
Le Monde
.
Laurent Foulon also accuses the artist of having raped his two brothers, one of whom, just like him in drugs, died at the age of 34 as a result of yet another suicide attempt.
Justice has also received another report concerning Claude Lévêque, indicates the daily.
In the wake of this article, master Pierrat, lawyer for the plastic surgeon, in a press release denounced "
slanderous accusations
" and affirmed that a supposed victim and witnesses heard by the investigators denied the words of Laurent Foulon.
In recent years,
Claude Lévêque
, renowned artist, has exhibited in many prestigious places such as the Mamco in Geneva, the Paris Opera or for the Venice Biennale.
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