[Nicky91]

A 22-year-old woman accused Dutch singer Marco Borsato of sexually abusing her since she was 15. On Monday, she filed charges against him at the Midden-Nederland police, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed to De Telegraaf.

According to the young woman, Borasato groomed and sexually abused her for years, touching her genitals, buttocks, and breasts against her will. She asked that he be prosecuted for sexual assault. The police seized evidence to support the report, according to the newspaper.

"Today, we received a report of indecent assault against him," the Public Prosecution Service confirmed. "An investigation will have to show whether there are provable criminal offenses. We are unable to provide any further explanation at this time."

This is the first official charges pressed against the Dutch singer. According to the Telegraaf, he's been under fire for some time due to rumors of border-crossing behavior.

orsato's lawyers told De Telegraaf that the Public Prosecution Service was asked to conduct an "independent investigation" and that they would answer no further questions.

Borsato himself told the newspaper that he has noted that a report was filed against him.


https://nltimes.nl/2021/12/14/dutch-...ng-young-woman


after this news, Borsato also has quit as ambassador of War Child

[Nicky91]

very shocking news this, one of my nation's multi award winning singers

some of the awards he has won in his career

1996 – 2006: Won a TMF Award, 11 times for best Dutch singer (In 2006, he joined Anouk in announcing their withdrawal from future TMF Awards-nominations. "Every year the same faces can get boring".)
1997: Edison Award, 2 times (Best Singer, Best Single of the Year)
1999: Golden Harp (with John Ewbank)
2000: Hitkrant Award, for the song Binnen ("Inside")
2000: Honorary Award for Best Album (Luid en Duidelijk ("Loud and Clear")) and Best Singer
2001: Edison Award (Best Singer)
2010: Twitteraar van het Jaar (Best Twitter user)

Many of his songs are Dutch covers or adaptations of Italian songs (by Riccardo Fogli, Giorgia, Riccardo Cocciante, Claudio Baglioni, Marco Masini and Zucchero among others). In particular, Borsato gained a lot of success in 1996 with an adaptation of Riccardo Cocciante's Margherita. After deciding to keep singing in Dutch, Borsato's career really took off.

Borsato released 3 albums with Italian songs, before gaining popularity in 1994 with his first Dutch single "Dromen Zijn Bedrog" ("Dreams Are Deceptive”) which reached number one and stayed there for 12 weeks. His second single "Waarom Nou Jij" also reached the first place in the Dutch "Top 40.

In 2011 he became a judge on the Dutch talent show The Voice of Holland and The Voice Kids. He is currently tied with Blake Shelton of The Voice as the highest-times winning coach in any The Voice version throughout the world, with 4 winners in The Voice of Holland and 3 winners in The Voice Kids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Borsato