The Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred is tried from Monday, June 2, Monday by the Val-De-Marne Court of Appeals for Violation and Violence aggravated after being sentenced to the first instance in 2023 to six years in prison.
The 40 -year -old artist must seem free under judicial supervision. The verdict is expected on Friday.
During the first trial, Saad Lamjarred was declared guilty by the Assize Court of Paris of having raped and beaten in 2016, in a hotel room, a young woman met in a Parisian nightclub.
“The hope of justice is presented completely and definitively”
The defendant had proclaimed his innocence, recognizing only having “brutally pushed to the face” to the victim because he had scratched him when they kissed. He had challenged having had sex with Laura P., 20 years old at the time of events.
“This new trial represents for our client much more than a procedure. It is the hope of justice that is presented completely and definitively,” said my Victorien de Faria and David Chemmi to the AFP, the lawyers of the Civil Party, who will be present in the appeal trial.
“The Court of Assize in Paris recognized the violation of which he was a victim of condemning Mr. Lamjarred to 6 years in prison. The latter appealed the decision. After 9 years of procedure, it is a new test that is necessary for our client,” added the advice.
Contacted by AFP, the lawyers of Saad Lamjarred, my royal zoé and Christian Saint-Palais, did not want to speak before the trial.
Another test to come for almost identical facts
Saad Lamjarred must also be tried by the Var Assize court in Draguignan, in southeast France, for almost identical acts in Saint-Tropez in 2018. This trial has not yet been scheduled.
He was also involved in the past for rape in similar circumstances in New York and Casablanca, Morocco. Very popular in Morocco and in the Arab world, the artist is followed by more than 15 million subscribers on Instagram and almost 16 million in his YouTube channel.
Source: BFM TV
