Paris: Petition against Serge Gainsbourg metro stop gathers pace
More than 10,000 people have signed a petition to stop a Paris metro station being named after the French singer, arguing he was 'violent towards women' and a 'pedo-criminal.'
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More than 10,000 people have signed a petition to stop a Paris metro station being named after the French singer, arguing he was 'violent towards women' and a 'pedo-criminal.'
Petition demanding station outside Paris does not use singer’s name has received 4,000 signatures
Singer was a misogynist and champion of incest, claim campaigners
Parisians have demanded plans to name a new Metro station after Serge Gainsbourg be scrapped over allegations the crooner was a violent “misogynist” who “sang the praises of incest”.
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