At the hearing, Bruno Vandelli, who was on trial with his ex-husband, assured that he thought the young man was older and that all exchanges had ceased when the couple learned of his age.
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On Wednesday April 17, the prosecution requested a one-year suspended prison sentence against Cannes choreographer Bruno Vandelli, who was a juror on the show “Popstars 2” on M6 in 2002, tried with her ex-husband for corruption of a minor, by the criminal court of Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes). The judgment was reserved until June 28.
The two men are being prosecuted for having exchanged pornographic photos and videos with a teenager between 2016 and 2017, when the victim, whom they had met during dance training, was 14 then 15 years old, the legal age of sexual majority. At the hearing, Bruno Vandelli assured that he thought the young man was older and that all exchanges had stopped when the couple learned of his age. The young man, who is now 22 years old, but remains “very affected” according to his lawyer Kaltoum Gachi, was not present at the hearing. It was his mother, also a civil party, who came to testify.
The choreographer is already facing prosecution for “rape” after a complaint filed by another of his former students, the former dance teacher from the show “Star Academy”, Yanis Marshall. In an interview with the regional daily Nice morningBruno Vandelli, who is now 62 years old, denounced “lies and slander”, describing a relationship agreed to when the young dancer was 16 and he was 44 as a “love story”.
