tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post7721456067653787895..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsWilliam V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-13726548305204372132011-04-09T11:35:42.992-04:002011-04-09T11:35:42.992-04:00Thank you, but you would have a great deal of expl...Thank you, but you would have a great deal of explaining to do before I could understand how a charge of "interfering with little boys" isn't a morals charge.<br /><br />The facts of the case, as I understand them, are that Trenet was accused by a disgruntled former employee (his driver) of sexual relations with 20-year-old males, at a time when the legal age was 21. (They weren't little boys!)<br /><br />The case was dismissed (non-lieu) and Trenet's record was cleared. As you say, none of this would diminish Trenet's talent, though it may have informed his work -- and in the aftermath of the case, he nearly gave up performing altogether.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-60077268685695782162011-04-09T11:26:08.821-04:002011-04-09T11:26:08.821-04:00I remember very clearly - I'm 68 now - that Ch...I remember very clearly - I'm 68 now - that Charles Trenet wasn't sentenced to jail on moral charges as you put it, but for interfering with little boys, which is another piece of cake. Nothing to do with his talent, which was great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398375162380715932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-79507076002212015432011-01-19T09:18:41.878-05:002011-01-19T09:18:41.878-05:00You are such a talented, cultured writer, M. Madis...You are such a talented, cultured writer, M. Madison...thank you!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001160819287702718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-61204360949894635212010-03-16T12:39:24.419-04:002010-03-16T12:39:24.419-04:00Beautiful, evocative writing, esp. with the Trenet...Beautiful, evocative writing, esp. with the Trenet link.....<br /><br />Thanks!(av)Uncle(ular) Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979370082444415069noreply@blogger.com