Salim Berrada was sentenced to 18 years in prison for 15 rapes and sexual assaults. 17 women accused him of rape or sexual assault over a period from 2014 to 2016.

He will be tried again, this time before a criminal court. Since 2016 and his first police custody, he has refuted the accusations against him and asserts that the complainants were “consenting’ The attorney general also said he was “certain” that the man drugged most of his victims, via these drinks that he offered them when starting the photo shoot.