Dutch prosecutors have confirmed a legal investigation is beneath means into alleged sexual misconduct linked to TV expertise present The Voice of Holland (TVOH) after the nation's first main #MeToo scandal earlier this 12 months.
In a assertion this week the Noord-Holland prosecutor’s workplace mentioned 4 folks had been designated as suspects, linked to 5 stories acquired.
TVOH was suspended in late January after a documentary was printed by the YouTube information channel BOOS (the Dutch phrase for “Offended”) alleging sexual misconduct behind the scenes, together with the exploitation of younger feminine contestants and colleagues.
Who has been accused of sexual misconduct?
Earlier on January 15, Jeroen Rietbergen, the present’s bandleader, abruptly resigned. In an announcement, he mentioned he had had “contact of a sexual nature” – particularly sending specific footage and messages – with ladies concerned within the present.
Rietbergen is the brother-in-law of the present's creator, the Dutch media tycoon Jon de Mol. In his personal response to the scanfal, De Mol mentioned he agreed with Dutch broadcaster RTL’s determination to tug the programme.
“First, I used to be speechless, then I turned furious,” he mentioned of his brother-in-law’s admission. Administrators had put Rietbergen on discover and apologised to the sufferer, he mentioned, however didn't fireplace him or launch a wider probe.
“I completely really feel accountable,” he mentioned after the BOOS programme aired in January. “That doesn’t imply that I noticed issues and tried to cowl them up.”
Aside from Rietbergen, three different TVOH figures accused by a number of ladies of inappropriate behaviour had been two of the jury members, the Dutch rapper Ali B and singer Marco Borsato, and an editor on the voice to this point named solely as Martijn N.
All three have denied the allegations and Dutch prosecutors this week didn't title these being investigated, or the substance of the complaints filed.
The assertion did, nonetheless, add: “The Noord-Holland prosecutor's workplace has launched an investigation towards one of many 4 suspects in response to a sexual offense that was reported shortly earlier than the printed of BOOS. This issues a suspicion that's separate from The Voice Of Holland.
“The circumstances towards the opposite three suspects are being investigated beneath the supervision of a public prosecutor of the Central Netherlands Public Prosecutor's Workplace.”
The present’s producer, ITV Studios, had already commissioned an exterior investigation into the allegations in January. The Dutch police acquired 5 stories that compelled the legal inquiry.
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