Producer of the musical group “Denim Boys” Sergei Grushevsky was detained in Moscow on suspicion of sexual violence against a minor. This was reported by the Moscow city news agency, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.
The mother of an 11-year-old schoolboy contacted the police with a statement that a man named Sergei had committed sexual assault against her son. According to the woman, this happened in an apartment on Mira Avenue from August 2014 to March 2015.
As REN TV writes, citing a source, there was more than one crime. According to the channel’s interlocutor, the man invited children to “additional rehearsals” at his studio, and there, under various pretexts, he undressed the children and committed sexual acts with them. The source claims that the man was molesting schoolchildren for six years.
A month ago, on March 5, law enforcement officers detained Grushevsky in his apartment. A criminal case has been opened against him, a source from AGN Moscow reported. However, Sergei Grushevsky actively maintains his pages on social networks and his posts show a slightly different picture. None of his accounts contain entries dated March 5, 2017, but already on March 6, the producer easily shared jokes from the show “Evening Urgant” with users.
Since March 7, the musician has taken part in concerts on the occasion of International Women's Day. From the entries on his page it follows that even if Grushevsky communicated with law enforcement officers regarding suspicion of child molestation, he was not detained. Apparently, they did not take a written undertaking from him either - on March 19, the producer was in Riga.
Sergei Grushevsky is a TV presenter, poet and producer. In 2013, with his participation, the children's music group “Denim Boys” was founded. Grushevsky also wrote lyrics for a musical group performing children's songs.
It is worth emphasizing that only media sources indicate the producer’s connection with these crimes; law enforcement agencies did not provide official confirmation of this information.
Later, the press service of the Investigative Committee announced the detention of a 45-year-old man who is suspected of this crime.
“According to the investigation, from 2014 to 2016, the man, under the pretext of conducting music rehearsals, invited students from one of the Moscow musical groups to his apartment. After that, suppressing the will of young boys, he repeatedly committed violent acts of a sexual nature against them,” the department said in a statement.
Now the detainee is in the department for investigative actions, the Investigative Committee noted. In the near future he will be charged and a preventive measure will be chosen. Law enforcement officers are identifying all possible episodes of the man’s criminal activity.
The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced Sergei Grushevsky, producer of children's pop groups, famous showman and radio host. He was charged with four counts of sexual assault on a person under 14 years of age and one count of indecent assault on a person over 12 years of age but under 14 years of age.
As the press service of the court told the New Omsk publication, Sergei Grushevsky was sentenced to 17 years in prison in a maximum security penal colony. The court refrained from giving details, emphasizing that the criminal case was heard behind closed doors. The maximum sanction under Art. 132, part 4, paragraph b of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is up to 20 years in prison, according to Art. 135, part 2 - 15 years.
45-year-old Sergei Grushevsky was detained in Moscow in April 2017. It was reported that he had an intimate relationship with a teenager in his apartment on Mira Avenue back in 2013. In April, a resident of the capital contacted the police, saying that the producer had raped her son, born in 2006. Later, the investigation concluded that Grushevsky repeatedly committed sexual assault against boys. Law enforcement officials believe that the show business figure invited young artists to his home under the pretext of rehearsals. After this, he, suppressing the will of the children, persuaded them to enter into a relationship with him
Sergey Grushevsky is a native of Omsk, a graduate of the philological department of Omsk State Pedagogical University. He worked in the newspaper “Young Siberian”, in the television and radio companies “Irtysh” and “Antenna-7”, was a producer of the boy bands “Batman” and “Denim Boys”, and hosted concerts. In 2013, Grushevsky founded the pop group “Denim Boys”. At different times, its participants performed with Vladimir Levkin and Roma Zhukov. Shortly before the group's producer was arrested, he was preparing to present a new video for his charges. In addition, Grushevsky is a presenter at the Russian News Service radio station and has hosted many concerts throughout Russia.
During the investigation, Sergei Grushevsky was isolated in a psychiatric hospital. Grushevsky himself does not admit his guilt and considers the accusations a slander:
I didn’t please someone, I walked too wide... In fact, it’s a slip of the tongue. We worked with former studio participants from 2013–2015 (three) and persuaded them to sign. They worked on the story for a long time, looking for both money and connections. No one leaked except these offended mothers. Only a dictated statement, no witnesses or incriminating evidence (after 10 months they gave away my four computers, two trunks of storage media, cameras, cameras, etc.). Studio partner A. is a bad person. I have only a few true friends with me.
“It’s just that someone’s mother decided to make money,” Alexander M., one of the former lead singers of the group, comments on the situation. “I won’t believe it without evidence.”
All children from all members of the group have parents, says Alexander. Children, according to him, do not come to the studio alone (they are not from orphanages), and their parents are usually wealthy people.
Today in Moscow, the producer of the children's musical group “Denim Boys” Sergei Grushevsky was detained. According to the Investigative Committee, the man is suspected of pedophilia.
From 2014 to 2016, Grushevsky, under the pretext of rehearsals, invited members of Moscow musical groups to his apartment and committed acts of a sexual nature against the boys, senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the capital, Yulia Ivanova, told the Moscow agency. - The mother of one of the minors contacted the police with this information.
However, the former member of the musical group, which, however, was called “Batman” in the 90s, does not believe these accusations.
This is some kind of nonsense. He's a normal dude. I didn't notice anything like that about him. He helped me a lot when I came to Moscow from Omsk,” Ivan Kondrashin, an actor at the Moscow Regional Theater for Young Spectators, told Metro. - I've known him for twenty years. Grushevsky often came to my performances with his guys.
According to him, recently there has been turnover in the group.
One soloist is permanent, while the others change frequently. Maybe someone was upset that they were no longer in the group and decided to slander him? “I think everything will work out,” Metro’s interlocutor is sure.
Meanwhile, according to him, Grushevsky is not married and has no children. As another source, who wished to remain anonymous, told Metro, the producer may be of non-traditional sexual orientation.
At the end of 2013, I talked with him about cooperation, but it lasted for two weeks and I broke all ties,” said Metro’s interlocutor. - From the conversation, I realized that he was gay, and then a former member of the “Denim Boys” group said that this was so. But I'm not 100% sure about this.
“Denim boys” often performed at concerts and filmed videos. Shortly before his arrest, Grushevsky managed to shoot a new music video for the group, which was already published on social networks.
Nice, positive guys! Our girls from the Multicase group, who also performed at Grigory Gladkov’s creative evening, simply fell in love with them,” Nina Kareeva, director of the Center for Culture and Arts of the city of Elektrougli, told Metro. - So fiery, dance superbly, brightly dressed, very memorable!
What awaits the group is still unknown, and the fate of their new video is also in question. Investigators are now checking information about the man’s three alleged victims. In the near future, the Investigative Committee plans to bring charges against the producer.
Let us add that Sergei Grushevsky is not only the co-founder of the Denim Boys group, but also a TV presenter and poet. He also wrote lyrics for a musical group performing songs for children.
In April, 45-year-old producer of the children's pop group "Denim Boys" Sergei Grushevsky was arrested on suspicion of pedophilia. The basis for the man’s detention was statements from the parents of the alleged victims. At the same time, a criminal case was opened against the show business figure under the article “Violent acts of a sexual nature against a person under 14 years of age.”
A few months later, Grushevsky was again charged with indecent assault. According to a source of journalists in law enforcement agencies, the man repeatedly committed acts of a sexual nature. Thus, according to investigators, from March to June 2013, the producer entered into a relationship with a boy, and a couple of years later, the show business figure began a criminal relationship with a teenager aged 12 to 14 years. Both incidents took place in Grushevsky’s apartment, located in the center of Moscow - on Mira Avenue.
“On Tuesday, August 1, a new case was opened against Grushevsky under Part 4 of Art. 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violent acts of a sexual nature against a person under fourteen years of age”) and Part 2 of Art. 135 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Depraved acts committed against a person who has reached the age of 12, but has not reached the age of 14”),” correspondents quote an informed source.
Earlier, Sergei Grushevsky’s colleagues stated that they were shocked by the accusations against him. They could not believe the information that the man allegedly persuaded his wards to engage in sexual acts. During a conversation with reporters, Omsk journalist Elena Zavyalova said that she had known the producer for more than a quarter of a century. According to the woman, some kind of mistake occurred. The lead singer of the Casual group, Alexey Yashin, agrees with the show business figure’s friend. He considers his acquaintance a normal person who has never demonstrated unusual tendencies.
Sergey Grushevsky is a graduate of the Omsk State Pedagogical Institute. The show business figure is well known in narrow circles. In the early 90s, the future producer himself was in a boy band - at one time in the man’s small homeland the group “Batman” was very popular, which was compared to “Tender May”.
In 2013, Grushevsky founded the pop group “Denim Boys”. At different times, its participants performed with Vladimir Levkin and Roma Zhukov. Shortly before the group's producer was arrested, he was preparing to present a new video for his charges. Due to the fact that Grushevsky was detained, the video was never released.
The man is currently in custody. In April, a resident of the capital contacted the police, saying that the producer had raped her son, born in 2006. Later, the investigation concluded that Grushevsky repeatedly committed sexual assault against boys. Law enforcement officials believe that the show business figure invited young artists to his home under the pretext of rehearsals. After that, he, suppressing the will of the children, persuaded them to enter into a relationship with him, reports City News Agency "Moscow".
On April 5 it will be exactly one year since the arrest of Sergei Grushevsky. A popular music presenter and producer was arrested and accused of unlawful acts against minor artists. His friends and colleagues were shocked by this information, and the accusations were perceived as completely absurd. But then most of the people who were considered friends, as often happens, “fell into trouble” and disappeared. In the huge stream of media publications broadcasting an a priori accusatory version, I found only one that gave an unusually balanced presentation of the situation...
Despite the fact that Sergei has a lot in common with Omsk, we have never met in person, but we were mutual friends on social networks, occasionally exchanging likes, shares and retweets. Knowing how easy it is in modern Russia to fall under the pressure of a subservient security system, I, of course, was worried about this story, and the almost complete lack of reliable first-hand information gave rise to the darkest speculations.
Finally, I decided to put an end to the unknown and turned for help to the famous human rights activist Anna Karetnikova: to begin with, limiting myself to just asking for help in finding Sergei in order to try to establish direct communication with him through the FSIN letter... The first attempt ended unsuccessfully: the letter was sent to the pre-trial detention center -3, returned with a notification about the absence of the addressee. Then Anna more thoroughly “pierced” her sources and reported that the suspect Grushevsky was in the hospital of pre-trial detention center-2, better known as the FSB detention center “Butyrka”.
On March 16, I sent a short letter, ending with the words “I will be glad to receive any answer from you in order to understand the main thing: that you are alive and do not lose hope for an early release.” And exactly a week later I received an answer.
Unfortunately, Sergei did not clarify, as I asked him, which points can and should not be made public. Therefore, I decided not to give his entire text, but to present it in the form of an interview. I hope my journalistic instincts did not let me down, and I managed to preserve all the liveliness of my interlocutor’s direct speech without violating confidentiality.
So, here is this interview letter:
Sergey, hello. I just found out, with the assistance of Anna Karetnikova, that you are being held in the hospital of pre-trial detention center-2, and I immediately decided to write to test this communication channel. Before this, it was not possible to find out any details anywhere.
Hello! Very nice and unexpected! I have been in pre-trial detention center-2 since April 2017. After the Serbsky Institute in September 2017, I was locked in a mental hospital in order to deprive me of my usual connection. That’s why I don’t know what they’re pouring on me in the wild 😞
- Tell me what your current situation is in the “case.” Is assistance needed, and if so, what kind of assistance?
All the information is only from my common-law wife Lena and my sister Natalya. Contact your sister, she runs my affairs. Find S.Ch. on Facebook. - he is in the subject of where the water flows from. I can’t write my thoughts here.
And yet, at least briefly comment on your position in order to at least slightly compensate for the muddy wave of speculation and insinuation that many media outlets have noted.
There is no dirt on me. They immediately worked out everything around me, like I confessed, I’m giving evidence, etc. 😊 Nothing like that! I do not admit guilt, and I have Article 51. (VK note: article of the Constitution of the Russian Federation guaranteeing the right of the accused not to testify against himself).
I didn’t please someone, I walked too wide 😞 In fact, it’s a reservation. We worked with former studio participants from 2013–2015 (three) and persuaded them to sign. They worked on the story for a long time, looking for both money and connections. No one leaked except these offended mothers. Only a dictated statement, no witnesses or incriminating evidence (after 10 months they gave away my four computers, two trunks of storage media, cameras, cameras, etc.). Studio partner A. is a bad person 😞 I have only a few true friends with me.
- Is the investigation over yet?
Yes, the trials have begun. No light...
- How are you feeling, your mood? How do you cope with separation from loved ones?
I immediately sent all my people from Moscow to ***: it’s safer and away from the press, they fly to me here. There were no dates for 10 months, permission to sign with Lena was not given 😞
In everyday life: from the very beginning - everything is humane, no harassment. TV, I get books from OZONE, I continue to study ENGLISH 😊. Warm, 8 bunks + 2-3-4 people always still on the floor. Healthy in head and body. I maintain my weight at 88 kg. 😊 I smile, but in reality 😞 This is not my quest 😞 Of course, they support me, but alas, I’m in a trance 😞.
Note: Most of the text is carefully reproduced from the original letter, including all the emoticons - both smiling and sad.
