Le chanteur marocain Saad Lamjarred condamné en appel à 10 ans de réclusion pour viol à Paris
Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred was sentenced on appeal Saturday in Créteil to ten years in prison for rape, a heavier sentence than in the first instance.
Very popular in Morocco and the Arab world, the artist was sentenced in 2023 to six years in prison by the Paris Assize Court.
The 41-year-old singer was sentenced with a warrant for his arrest to ten years in prison for aggravated rape due to his drunken state, the public prosecutor's office told AFP, which had requested eight years imprisonment.
An appeal will be lodged, Me Marie Burguburu, one of the artist's lawyers, who has proclaimed his innocence, told AFP.
He was found guilty of raping Laura P. in a hotel room in 2016. She had met him in a Parisian nightclub; she was 20 years old at the time of the incident, while he was 31.
In a separate case, Saad Lamjarred was sentenced in May to five years in prison by the Var Assize Court in Draguignan for the rape of a young woman in 2018 near Saint-Tropez. He has appealed.
In Créteil, the appeal trial was held behind closed doors, after being postponed to June 2025 to conduct further investigations.
"This sentence seems to me to be explained in particular by the worrying profile of the accused, but also by the particularly aggressive strategy adopted" towards the complainant, Me David Chemmi, one of his two lawyers, told AFP.
"The systematic questioning of his testimony, as well as the attacks directed against the investigators and experts, were clearly poorly received by the jurors. One can defend an accused person with determination, but one cannot do so by denying or showing contempt for the victim," he added.
In this case, five people were convicted in April for an attempted extortion against the singer: three million euros were demanded from him so that the complaint would be withdrawn and the complainant would not come to testify before the assizes.
Laura P. had been acquitted but her mother, a lawyer and an influencer had been sentenced, along with two other people, to suspended prison sentences ranging from six months to two years.
The singer had been implicated in similar cases in 2015 in Morocco and in 2010 in the United States, where a case for rape and sexual assault was dismissed after a financial settlement with the victim.
He has over 15 million followers on Instagram and nearly 16 million on his YouTube channel.
AFP
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