Doc Gyneco, in 2016. -
MARTIN BUREAU / AFP
The artist Doc Gyneco, placed in police custody on Wednesday, will be tried by the criminal court for acts of willful violence by spouse, on a date still unknown.
At the end of his police custody, the singer was referred this Friday to the judicial court of Paris, where he was given a summons for a subsequent correctional hearing, according to this source who did not specify the date of 'hearing.
Pending his appearance, he was placed under judicial supervision.
Contacted by AFP, his lawyer, Me Jonathan Khalifa, declined to comment.
His wife taken to hospital
Thursday, he had indicated that his client had "recognized the facts" and was not seeking "to minimize them".
According to information from the
Parisian
, confirmed by a source familiar with the matter, the police intervened late Wednesday afternoon at the couple's home, after an argument during which the singer slapped his wife on several occasions.
The latter had been taken to hospital.
Bruno Beausir alias Doc Gyneco, 46, is notably the author of “Première consultation”, the first solo album released in April 1996 and sold over a million copies.
The artist has hit the headlines for troubles with the tax authorities, his controversial participation in reality shows and his spread private life in the newspapers, notably his affair with the writer Christine Angot.
The latter had told the story of their relationship in a novel "Le Marché des amants", released in 2008. In 2007, Doc Gyneco had supported Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election, a decision he then qualified as "error. ".
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