US EditionSaad Lamjarred to Face Appeal Court in France On Rape, Assault
- Saad Lamjarred, 40, is undergoing an appeal trial that began on June 2, 2025, in a criminal court located close to Paris, within the Val-de-Marne jurisdiction.
- The trial pertains to Lamjarred's 2023 guilty verdict for sexual assault and aggravated violence related to a 2016 incident in a Paris hotel, resulting in a six-year sentence that he is currently contesting.
- Lamjarred is currently under judicial supervision without being detained, while a separate prosecutorial case from 2018 in Saint-Tropez remains unresolved amid close to a decade of ongoing legal battles.
- He has amassed a substantial fan base, boasting more than 15 million followers on Instagram and close to 16 million subscribers on YouTube, while his attorneys express optimism for a definitive and comprehensive resolution to the legal matters.
- The verdict expected by June 6 could uphold the conviction, risking further prison time, and marks a key point in this prolonged legal process.
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■ Opening of the call in camera ■ Moroccan singer hopes to see his sentence eased ■ A case that divides opinion since 2016 The famous Moroccan singer, Saad Lamjarred, appeared again, this Monday, June 2nd before the Parisian court, on the occasion of the opening of the appeal procedure in the case of rape which had [...]
Saad Lamjarred to Face Appeal Court in France On Rape, Assault
French courts have begun appeal trial for Moroccan pop star Saad Lamjarred, who appealed his 2023 conviction for rape and aggravated assault, French media reported. The trial, held by the Assize Court of Val-de-Marne near Paris, began Monday, June 2, and a verdict is expected by Friday in the city of Créteil. Lamjarred, 40, is under judicial supervision but is not currently in custody. He was initially sentenced to six years in prison after a ju…
Very serious accusations against a recognized artist. Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred is tried from this Monday, June 2nd by the Val-de-Marne Court of Appeal for rape and aggravated violence after being convicted in the first... Read more about Elle.fr
Saad Lamjarred's appeal process opens in Créteil this Monday, June 2, nine years after the facts. The civil party hopes "fully and definitively rendered justice".
At the first trial in 2023, he was convicted of rape and voluntary violence against a young woman in 2016 in a Parisian hotel room, and sentenced to six years in prison.
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Two years after his sentence in first instance to six years in prison, the Val-de-Marne Court of Appeal rejudges the artist's case from this Monday.
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