Dance choreographer Bruno Vandelli, 62, and Jessy Bourgeois, 31, appeared this Wednesday for "corruption of a minor." The two men are being prosecuted for having exchanged pornographic photos and videos with a teenager when he was 14 and then 15, between 2016 and 2017. They had met the alleged victim during dance workshops.
Vandelli assured that he thought the young boy was older and that all exchanges had stopped when the couple learned his age. The master's student, 22 years old, today, "very affected," was not present at the hearing. Yanis Marshall denounces "a long controlling relationship" with his former teacher. "The truth must come out," he says. 'This case destroys my client. In the event of a conviction, we will appeal.'