Yesterday, two new women accused him of sex crimes, bringing the total number of cases to six. The first allegations against Bruel surfaced several years ago but were dismissed by French police due to lack of evidence. French television presenter Flavie Flament publicly accused Bruel of raping her in 1991 under the influence of drugs when she was 16 and he was 34. As accusations against Bruel accumulated, last month police charged him with rape, attempted rape, and sexual harassment in four cases. In the post-MeToo era, these scandals are a sign that the French are being forced to confront a moral reckoning about their permissive sexual culture.