Rapper Booba indicted for cyberharassment

Rapper Booba indicted for cyberharassment

In France, rapper Booba was indicted this Monday, October 2, then placed under judicial supervision. He was questioned for acts of aggravated online moral harassment, against the influencer and businesswoman Magali Berdah. A case which is now more than a year old.

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For the sake of justice, Booba may be a cyberstalker. The rapper presents himself as a “ alert launcher “, on what he calls the ” influvoleurs ”, denouncing their “ massive scams “. The list of frauds is long and influencers, without limits, denounce Booba.

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Elie Yaffa, his real name, targeted Magali Berdah in May 2022. In videos posted on social networks, the rapper personally and regularly attacks the founder of Shauna Events, an agency which manages the careers of influencers on the internet , specializing in relationships between television personalities and brands.

Maghali Berada filed a complaint against Booba several times, and an investigation was opened during the year, then entrusted to an investigating judge a year later, during the summer of 2023. For the entrepreneur’s lawyers, this implementation examination is therefore a “ huge victory “. Especially since, in this case, the rapper is not the only one to face justice: 28 people will be tried for cyberharassment, death threats and crime against Magali Berda.

Just out of court, Bobba posted a video on his networks. He assures that he is “ free, everything is fine “.

As a reminder, cyberharassment is an offense punishable by two years in prison and €30,000 in fines.

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According to the newspaper The Parisian, Magali Berdah will soon be before the courts in another case for suspicion of “bankruptcy” and “money laundering”. In an article published on October 2, the daily claims that Magali Berdah was taken into custody last week by the Nice judicial police. She is suspected of having bankrupted a company with liabilities of 2.5 million euros between 2014 and 2015, for which she will be judged on November 18.

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