The 28-year-old rapper is implicated by complaints from six ex-girlfriends, the first of which were revealed in September 2020.
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, lawyer for the rapper in pre-trial detention since mid-June for non-compliance with his judicial control.
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. Crying, she indicated that he had her “typedrepeatedly andthreatened with a knifein the Emirati metropolis, also evoked a rape which would have occurred in Cannes, and diffused a photo of her face bloodied following the blows which would have been carried to her in Amsterdam.
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According to a source close to the case, new hearings of witnesses must 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“, told AFP the lawyer who defends this new 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 raised my hand to a woman. This plot was perpetuated to harm me (sic)“he defended himself in April 2021 on Twitter.
This musician was one of the revelations of the year 2018, author of a first album “benderacclaimed 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.