A French courtroom on Friday sentenced a former rap star to a few years in jail after discovering him responsible of abusing, threatening and generally forcibly confining six former companions.
Moha La Squale, 29, has already served 17 months behind bars.
Style model Lacoste dropped the hip-hop artist, born Mohamed Bellahmed in a Parisian suburb, in 2020 after a police investigation was launched following allegations on social media.
The Paris courtroom banned him from contacting the six girls and ordered him to pay every of them between 2,500 and 10,000 euros ($2,700 and $10,800) in damages.
All through the proceedings, the French rapper of Algerian origin claimed that his accusers had been mendacity and claimed to be the sufferer of a “plot”, though he additionally apologized for “having damage them”.
His lawyer, Elise Arfi, stated her shopper would most likely not enchantment the choice, which she referred to as “balanced,” including that “loads has modified” for the reason that interval in query.
She had beforehand argued that he was “remoted” and “utterly overwhelmed” by abruptly changing into well-known in his early 20s, including that his hashish use might have defined his “temper swings”.
Moha La Squale rose to the highest of the French charts in 2018 after making a reputation for himself by posting freestyle tracks on social media.