Denis Dupays is suspected of aggravated rape and sexual assault on a former student, aged 14 at the time of the events, while he was accompanist for a choir in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in July 1993, in New York.
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The former head of the Maîtrise de Radio France between 1989 and 1998, Denis Dupays, will be tried before the Criminal Court of Meurthe-et-Moselle for suspicion of rape of a former student during a tour in the United States in 1993, franceinfo learned on Monday August 5 from a source close to the case, confirming information from the Parisian.
Denis Dupays, aged 75, is suspected of aggravated rape and sexual assault on a former student, aged 14 at the time of the events, while he was accompanist for a choir in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in July 1993, in New York.
The victim, Cédric, now 45, had filed a complaint in 2014, denouncing forced fellatio, for touching by Denis Dupays. Before a magistrate, in February 2015, the former head of the Maîtrise de Radio France had admitted the facts, evoking “an excess of affection and a lack of control“.
“The holding of this criminal trial, which will probably take place in 2025, is a real relief for my client”Cédric’s lawyer, Pauline Rahot, reacted to franceinfo. “It is above all a first victory in the long legal battle that we have been waging for a decade now.”. “Justice must send a strong signal so that these children can continue to speak out and thus tirelessly denounce this abject behavior.”she finished.
In May 2023, after the publication of press articles on the actions of Denis Dupays, the Radio France group launched an appeal for witnesses to students or former students of the Radio France Master’s degree. The group then said “determined to shed light on these years and to help our former students in any way possible“.
