His filmed arrest caused a stir on social networks.
Ademo, one of the two brothers of the PNL group, will be tried this Wednesday, January 27 before the Paris Criminal Court.
Justice reproaches him in particular for his behavior during an identity check in September.
The 34-year-old musician, whose real name is Tarik Andrieu, had been apprehended by the police while he was walking in the 14th arrondissement of Paris with his partner and her child.
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According to a police account, a patrol saw Ademo "
preparing a 'homemade cigarette'
" giving off a "
strong smell characteristic of cannabis
" and wanted to control his identity.
The man then immediately showed himself to be
“verbally aggressive”
and refused to submit to this control, again according to the agents present on the spot.
The rapper's lawyers, William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth, declined to comment before the hearing.
On images filmed by passers-by, we can observe the eventful arrest of the musician, a policeman making him in particular a choke key to keep him on the ground.
After his arrest, Ademo had spent 24 hours in police custody.
He will be tried for
"drug use"
,
"contempt"
and
"rebellion"
.
The PNL group has enjoyed phenomenal success in France since 2015. The group was notably launched by the song
Le monde ou rien
, the clip of which was shot in La Scampia, a working-class neighborhood in the suburbs of Naples.
Extremely discreet, the two brothers do not express themselves in the media and have decided to play on the marketing of scarcity.
A winning choice since each of their title publication on social networks, their favorite field, has become an event.
