The wave of reports of harassment and sexual assaults that is shaking the Quebec web has swept away three important figures from the artistic world in less than 24 hours: the host Maripier Morin, the singer Bernard Adamus and Eli Bissonnette, the boss of one of the The most recognized record labels in Quebec.
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In turn, they announced that they were putting their careers on hold after being accused on social media of sexual misconduct, assault, racism and, in the case of the president of the label Dare To Care, of have created an unhealthy work climate.
Two years after #MeToo, they are among the most prominent figures in a long list of alleged attackers whose alleged abuses have been revealed, for more than a week, within a movement of denunciations which took on an unprecedented scale on social networks in Quebec.
Safia Nolin
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Pointed out by singer Safia Nolin in a series of messages on Instagram that had the effect of a bomb on Tuesday evening, Maripier Morin put his career on hold, here.
The day before, the host had publicly apologized to Safia Nolin, who maintained that Maripier Morin harassed her, bitten on one thigh and made racist remarks in a bar in Montreal, in May 2018.
Although the storm is far from over, all is not lost for Maripier Morin. The star could possibly rebound because of the proximity star-system that exists in Quebec, believes communications strategist and image specialist Jean Gosselin.
“Quebecers quite easily forgive certain misconducts. The length of purgatory may be longer depending on the nature of the offense, but as a general rule, the public is ready to forgive its stars. Because he considers them human beings. And humans make mistakes. “
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Singer Bernard Adamus is the target of allegations of physical and sexual abuse against young women.
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Wednesday evening, it was the turn of singer Bernard Adamus to fall. He was dumped by his record company Dare To Care after being the target of disturbing allegations of physical and sexual abuse against young women on the Instagram page Victims.Voices.Montreal.
The 42-year-old artist made his mea culpa on social networks yesterday.
“Sex and alcohol have all too often gotten mixed up in my very tumultuous life in the Canadian music industry for ten years,” said Adamus, who said he stopped drinking.
The boss knew
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The boss of the record company Dare To Care, Eli Bissonnette, announced his departure yesterday after having been intimately linked to the Adamus affair.
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Intimately linked to the Adamus affair and accused of having turned a blind eye to the reprehensible acts, the president of Dare To Care subsequently announced his departure.
In a message posted on his Facebook page, Eli Bissonnette acknowledges that he should have ended his business association with Bernard Adamus earlier, that he was aware of the rumors about the singer and that his own actions, remarks , relationships as an authority figure “were not necessarily equals”.
– With the collaboration of Marc-André Lemieux
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