PLK. Rapper PLK, whose real name is Mathieu Pruski, was found guilty of violence against a municipal officer on the sidelines of a concert in La Grande-Motte, in the summer of 2022.
[Mis à jour le 27 octobre 2022 à 13h56] One year in prison: this is the sentence pronounced by the criminal court of Montpellier, this Thursday, October 27, 2022 against the rapper PLK. From his real name Mathias Pruski, he was found guilty of violence against a municipal agent after a concert in La Grande-Motte, in the Hérault, which he gave on July 18. He was sentenced to twelve months in prison arranged in house arrest.
“We did not believe your explanations at all, that you had not seen that it was a police officer. It is about 12 months firm in theory, arranged in house arrest. It’s up to you to respect (the judgment) to avoid prison”, explained the magistrate of the Montpellier criminal court to the 25-year-old rapper, as reported by AFP on Thursday. The prosecutor had requested six months in prison, again in the form of house arrest with electronic bracelet, last June.
The facts alleged against PLK
The 25-year-old rapper PLK, from the Paris region, had been placed under judicial supervision pending this hearing, the Montpellier prosecutor’s office told AFP on Tuesday July 19, 2022. interested, at the end of a concert which took place on July 18 in La Grande-Motte (Hérault), to have participated in an altercation which motivated the intervention of the municipal police”, then indicated in a message addressed to AFP the public prosecutor in Montpellier, Fabrice Bélargent.
The rapper PLK was presented to the prosecution on Tuesday July 19. He is “prosecuted for willful violence not having resulted in an ITT of more than eight days on the depositary of public authority in legal recidivism”, specified Fabrice Bélargent. And to detail: “While the police were trying to separate the protagonists, the respondent hit a municipal police officer with a punch in the face.” Following this altercation, the police officer in question suffered a day of total incapacity for work (ITT).
Who is rapper PLK?
Born on April 15, 1997, Mathieu Pruski, better known as PLK, made a name for himself in 2015 by releasing his first EPs, then by signing with the Panenka Music label in 2017. His first album, Polak, released in October 2018, boosted his notoriety and made him one of the most popular French rappers. In 2021, he participates in the project The organized classic, initiated by the Marseillais Jul. Listened to by 3.5 million people per month on Spotify, PLK also has millions of views on YouTube.