The mayor of Lavaur Bernard Carayon said he was “shocked” when he learned of the acquittal of rapper Médine by the Albi judicial court. The civil party announces that it will appeal.

In question, a video posted on his Instagram account last April by the rapper subscribed to controversies, who has been reported on several occasions for provocative and knowingly ambiguous remarks. The Tarnes far-right group Patria Albigès had called for the cancellation of the concert.