What happened at Lulu Van Trapp's Rebecca Baby's concert? Singer goes topless in protest as ladies in the crowd join in

Rebecca Baby, the lead singer of the French rock band Lulu Van Trapp, was reportedly sexually assaulted while performing at her concert at the Le Cri de la Goutte festival, in Ain, France, on July 26, 2025.

According to the reports, when Baby moved towards the crowds during her performance, she was grabbed and groped by multiple men. In her shocking response, she returned to the stage, shouted at the attacker to leave, and removed her top, exposing her breasts to the audience. She performed the rest of her concert topless as a sign of protest. She declared after the incident,

“I'm faced with a choice. Either I stop the concert and everyone loses, especially me, or I continue. I'll stay topless until it's normal. Until your brains get used to it not being sexual.”

Reports stated that the organizers of the festival have condemned the assault as “unacceptable” and expressed their support for the artist.

Continue to read more about the incident.

Everything we know as Rebecca Baby gets assaulted during her concert in France

According to a report in Le Parisien, Rebecca Baby, the singer of the French band Lulu Van Trapp, took to her Instagram to explain to her followers what happened during her concert at the Le Cri de la Goutte festival. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Rebecca Baby wrote,

“I don't feel safe, there's a lot of super excited guys, they grab me, there's one holding my arm. And there, while I have one hand that holds my microphone and the other immobilized by this guy, another grips me by my breasts.”

Rebecca Baby added,

“For more than a decade I have been on stage, this is the first time that this has happened to me.”

She returned to performing her concert topless as a mark of protest against the alleged sexual assault. She stated,

“My courage, his shame.”

Rebecca Baby further said that she would “never forget this concert.” She said:

"I have rediscovered my own words, my own dances. Never have I felt so fragile and yet so strong that without armor other than my conviction.”

This hand, she says, she feels "like a burn." Rebecca Baby concluded her post by saying that more discussions about this subject need to take place. She encouraged people to take up space and promised to make the safety a priority during their concerts.

The organizers of the festival condemned the incident and wrote,

“It is a total contradiction with the values of the Cri de la Goutte: respect, kindness, inclusion, safety for all: festival-goers, volunteers, artists, partners and providers. We strongly condemn it. We remind you that our festival wants to be a safe space, a place of sharing and freedom, where everyone must be able to express themselves, create, vibe and live without fear. Music brings together, it should never be a ground for violence”.

Rebecca Baby again posted on her Instagram two days later, stating that,

“It’s not our clothes that are the problem. It’s them and their frenzy of possession, of destroying what they cannot possess.”

Seeing the singer going topless following the assault, a few women in the crowd also reportedly went topless, showing support for the singer.

Her bold gesture was largely supported by the netizens. This incident reignited discussions online about consent and women’s safety at live events.

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