Every day, women’s voices are freed a little more. Friday February 23, 2024, during the César ceremony, Judith Godrèche delivered a poignant speech. “Why accept that this art that we love so much, this art that binds us, is used as a cover for illicit trafficking in young girls? […] We can decide that men accused of rape cannot make it rain or shine in the cinema”she said. According to Olivia Ruiz, there is also abuse of power in the music industry. Sunday February 25, 2024, in the columns of The gallerythe singer slipped: “I don’t know if the silence is greater in the music world, if it’s just a question of time or if this scourge is less present there… At the same time, I don’t see why a body of profession would be spared”. Victim of machismo, Olivia Ruiz then confided: “Yes, I suffered a chemical submission from a collaborator. It was less than 10 years ago.”.
Olivia Ruiz: “I woke up and took it out straight away”
During this interview, the singer revealed in the first season of the star Academy revealed that she had been drugged without her knowledge by a colleague who allegedly used GHB. “Things are still quite vague, but I know that there was no sexual assault. I was sleeping, I woke up and I cleared it straight away. I was lucky not to be knocked out enough and to be able to defend myself“, she indicated. A few years earlier, Olivia Ruiz had already narrowly escaped an attack. “When I was 17, a conductor, a terrible man who had a habit of hiring young female singers, attempted to sexually assault me. Fortunately, a courageous man, a technician, had stuck it to the wall“, she recalled. Sunday February 25, 2024, Femina Version asked him what the liberation of women’s voices inspired in him. In complete transparency, the artist responded: “I am amazed with admiration. I just want to say thank you for the following, bravo for the courage, for the inspiration, for the change. I feel indebted and full of gratitude”.