“Kaaris is serene”, assures his lawyer.
The French rapper, targeted by an investigation for domestic violence, was again placed in police custody Wednesday morning in Essonne, a source close to the investigation told AFP, confirming information from the
Parisian
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His ex-girlfriend, who accuses him of having assaulted her on January 19, 2021, was also placed in police custody as part of an investigation for home invasion and degradation, according to the source close to the investigation.
In this case, the rapper, who disputes the charges, was first placed in police custody at the end of September and came out free, without prosecution.
Resident in Essonne, the rapper from Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), 42, was heard Wednesday morning at the police station in Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois, south of Paris.
“Kaaris is serene,” assured AFP his lawyers, Mes Yassine Maharsi and Yassine Yakouti.
“His accuser was taken into custody, which is not trivial.
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On July 7, 2022, his ex-partner Linda P. filed a complaint against Kaaris, with whom she has a child, for violence, at the origin of the opening of a preliminary investigation in Evry.
The rapper filed a complaint for slanderous denunciation.
In her complaint consulted by AFP, Linda P. accuses Kaaris, to whom she went on January 19, 2021, of having assaulted her in her garage by kicking and punching her and tearing out her nails. .
Kaaris' lawyers accuse the ex-companion of having "entered" into their client's home "illegally by climbing a wall", of having "damaged his vehicle" and of having "thrown himself on him to attack him" .
Linda P. has been heard by investigators since Wednesday morning on suspicion of home invasion and degradation.
Contacted by AFP,
The French rapper, born in Ivory Coast, found success with the release of his album "Or Noir", which helped popularize in France the style of trap, a genre of rap from the southern United States. .
A former protege of rapper Booba, he and Kaaris have since fallen out, a quarrel that led to a fight between the two men and their entourages at Orly airport in August 2018. Kaaris was sentenced in October 2018 to 18 months in prison. suspended sentence for these facts.
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Domestic violence: Rapper Kaaris placed in police custody, accused of violence against his ex-girlfriend
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