Rapper Moha la Squale, already indicted for sexual assault and violence against ex-girlfriends, was also indicted in July 2022 for rape, a criminal qualification, on another ex-girlfriend, AFP learned. Monday from sources familiar with the matter.
“
The facts are formally disputed and are not supported by any material element
,” said Élise Arfi, the rapper's lawyer in pre-trial detention since mid-June for non-compliance with his judicial review.
This new criminal qualification implies that in the event of a trial, it could be held before the Assize Court and not before a criminal court.
The penalty incurred is longer.
In the spring of 2022, on Snapchat then on the Youtube channel “La bande à Nabilflix”, the complainant, Youssra, had denounced the actions of the rapper, Mohamed Bellhamed of his real name, with whom she had lived in Dubai for several months in 2021. In tears, she said he had “
hit
” her several times and “
threatened her with a knife
” in the Emirati metropolis, also mentioned a rape that allegedly occurred in Cannes, and released a photo of her his face bloodied from beatings allegedly inflicted on him in Amsterdam.
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According to a source close to the case, new hearings of witnesses are to take place soon in this case.
“
My client is destroyed by these facts and expects from the trial that Moha la Squale can finally explain what she accuses him of, in order to be able to rebuild herself
,” the lawyer who defends this news told AFP. complainant, Me Alix Dominicé, requested by AFP.
Moha La Squale was initially indicted in June 2021, in particular for violence by spouse, sexual assault by spouse, death threats by spouse and kidnapping of various victims.
In total, according to a source familiar with the matter, he is implicated by complaints from six ex-companions, the first of which were revealed in September 2020. “I have never, ever EVER
raised my hand on a woman.
This plot has been perpetuated to harm me
“he defended himself in April 2021 on Twitter.
This musician was one of the revelations of the year 2018, author of a first album "
Bendero
" acclaimed by the public and the critics.
The #MeToo movement has experienced a variation in the world of French music with #MusicToo, which appeared with the account of the same name during the summer of 2020 on Instagram.