The ‘suspects’ had already been discussed in numerous places last week, came via ANGRY under heavy fire. Countless remedies for rapes, sexual comments, beatings and intimidation are over. And the perpetrators were the artists Marco Borsato and Ali B, musician Jeroen Rietbergen and an anonymous director. The name of that one has been circulating on social media for a long time.

judicial investigation

RTL – a week ago The voice because of the development in ANGRY van de has taken – immediately after the broadcast ‘taken note of the tube of all the courageous tidings’. “What we have heard and seen in the Netherlands is simply terrible,” said Sven Sauvé, general manager of RTL. “RTL has asked the Public Prosecution Service to investigate the reported abuses.”

RTL program director Peter van der Vorst: “Of course we also wonder whether we could have prevented this as a broadcaster. That is why RTL is now talking to all producers who make programs for us about what measures we can take to prevent abuses.”

The documentary by Ali B was immediately removed from Videoland by RTL.

Sexual roof animal

The historical broadcast of ANGRY (five million views within two hours) clearly hard that there is The voice no checks were made for sexual misconduct. Ali B became in ANGRY portrayed as an ordinary sexual predator.

A young woman told about a tour of his studio in Almere. Suddenly he started kissing her. She stiffened. They had sex. Later she got dressed and asked, “Have you done this before with other girls?”

Ali would have with: “Yes, I do this more often. But nobody believes you.”

Another woman thought to have a drink with him. “But it turned out he wanted sex. He gives a condom. I didn’t want to, had been in a cast. He said, “It’ll be over soon, come on baby.” When he was done he called a taxi.”

Two charges of rape plus split against Ali B about the way he unabashedly insisted on sex. Lawyer Anis Boumanjal thinks that Ali B risks jail time with this behavior. “The focus is on his career, but one rape carries an average of two years in prison.”

Photos of genitals

Also bizarre were the stories about Jeroen Rietbergen, who could continue with sexual comments and receive photos of his genitals for no less than ten years. Even he would have been influenced in 2019, such as big boss John de Mol in the broadcast (“I wanted to hit him in the mouth… would he go out if it happened again”). According to Tim Hoffman of ANGRY Then another message came in. De Mol denied that.

There is now a complaint against Rietbergen from ex-participant Nienke Wijnhoven. She announced on Thursday that she had become ‘puke sick’ from the episode of ANGRY. “But also relieved that this is now coming out.”

On Thursday, Marco Borsato was destined for, among others, thirteen and fourteen-year-old girls that he would have had. Before the broadcast, the singer had announced through his lawyer, Gert-Jan Knoops, that he would not respond ‘to disclosure whatsoever’. “There is already too much noise surrounding the investigation.”

The revelations of ANGRY completely loose. Artist manager Dennis Erhardt, who votetalents, was ‘in shock’ on Thursday. “Eighteen-year-old girls locked up in a studio and raped. Unbelievable,” he says.

It’s hard to say no

Erhardt has several ex-participants under his care. “You have to stand firm in such a talent show. If you don’t want to sing something, you immediately hear: Yes, but John (de Mol, ed.) wants it that way. Then saying no, when you are young, is very difficult. And then it’s just a song.”

Vote Kids-coaches Sanne Hans and rapper Snelle know to be ‘very shocked’. Former coach and creator of the revolving chairs, Roel van Velzen, says he is ‘disgusted by the stories’.

The riot around The voice of Holland don’t leave The Hague indifferent either. State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture and Media) has announced that he is awaiting an investigation by the Council for Culture into transnational behavior in the cultural and creative sector. She wants to use that advice to tackle abuses in broadcasting country. Uslu: “There really is zero tolerance for me here.”

The State Secretary urges cases of sexually transgressive behavior to report the incident to the police.