At the end of an indictment that he wanted to imbue with « nuance » and of “complexity”Advocate General Jean-Chistophe Muller requested, Thursday, February 23, seven years in prison and five years ban on French territory against Moroccan pop star Saad Lamjarred. “Mr. Lamjarred was guilty of acts of rape”he concluded after a long demonstration.
However, he did not want to see in the singer a “sexual predator”, hence the relatively light quantum of the penalty he required. He did not accompany it with a socio-judicial follow-up either insofar as Saad Lamjarred, who married in September 2022, has already started work on himself and his addictions. Finally, the ban on residing on French territory is linked to the activity of the artist, who is ultra-popular in Morocco and in the Arab world: a way of giving him the prospect of exercising his profession again after his sadness.
If Saad Lamjarred received the requisitions impassively, the plaintiff Laura P. seemed upset and disappointed. The Advocate General, during his indictment, reminded her that the public prosecutor was the only one to bring the accusation, while she tended to turn into an accuser since the start of the trial, Monday, February 20, before the Paris Court of Assizes. He also urged her not to turn her status as a victim into a ” Status “.
To establish his indictment, Mr. Muller began by listing the indisputable facts. First, the difference in age and maturity between a 20-year-old young woman who is discovering the world of the night and a 30-year-old star, accustomed to seduction, adored throughout the Arab world, whose songs make hundreds millions of views on YouTube and who earns nearly half a million euros a year. Then, the blood alcohol level and the confirmed cocaine use by Saad Lamjarred, which was not the case for Laura P.
Finally, the medical findings that report bruising to Laura P’s ear, lip, neck, neck, shoulder and elbow. These injuries are not consistent with the version of a “reflex kick” given to Laura P. by Mr. Lamjarred in response to deep scratches of which there is no trace on her body.
Importantly, three petechiae (minor lesions) on the vestibular side of Laura P.’s hymen suggest “a recent sexual intercourse without being specific about it”, while the last consented report of the young woman was a month ago. Saad Lamjarred, he assured that he never penetrated Laura P. neither with his sex nor with his finger.
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