Usually very discreet, the Andrieu brothers of the PNL rap group will be highlighted in spite of themselves this Wednesday, in front of the Paris Criminal Court.
Ademo, the oldest of the siblings, is appearing for "contempt", "rebellion" and "drug use".
In September, his eventful arrest surprised passers-by and fans of the group.
Arrested by the police while preparing a joint of cannabis in the street, the 34-year-old musician, whose real name is Tarik Andrieu, was arrested by the police.
The man, who was walking at that time in a street in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, was in the presence of his partner and her child.
The images of his arrest had circulated on social networks.
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On videos filmed by passers-by who had recognized him, a police officer exercises a choke key on the singer to keep him on the ground.
After his arrest, Ademo had spent 24 hours in police custody.
The word of the police against that of the rapper
According to a police account, a patrol saw Ademo "preparing a 'homemade cigarette'" emitting a "strong characteristic smell of cannabis" and sought to verify the identity of this passerby.
But Ademo would have been "verbally aggressive" and refused to submit to the control, according to the version of the police officers.
The rapper's lawyers, William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth, refuse to comment before the hearing.
The PNL group - Ademo and his brother NOS - 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 district in the suburbs of Naples.