He planned to surrender during the day, but the police preferred to take the lead. Rapper Sadek was arrested on Wednesday in Bagnolet, in Seine-Saint-Denis, after claiming the beating of blogger Bassem Braiki, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, in Vénissieux, we learned from the parquet of Lyon.
During his arrest, which took place at 2:50 p.m. on a search warrant issued by the prosecution, he explained that he intended to surrender to the authorities, according to a police source, confirming information from the Point. "He is currently in police custody," added the source. "He was on his way to my office and we then had to go to the police station," said his lawyer, Arié Alimi.
We saw you yesterday, after the factory it's a party eh #CestCaBassem pic.twitter.com/H4nJlMXZBB
- sadek (@Sadekniuum) February 11, 2020No history according to his lawyer
"He intends to acknowledge the facts, his error but also to contextualize them," added his lawyer, who recalls that the case was caused by calls, launched on social networks, to boycott a Sadek show scheduled for last Saturday in Saint-Priest. , in the suburbs of Lyon, and finally canceled by the organizers. Bassem Braiki and Sadek were then strongly cursed and provoked on social networks.
According to him, Sadek has no criminal record except a driver's license defect. Tuesday morning, Sadek shared on Twitter a photo of him, his bloodied hand and accompanied by the legend "It's done", before posting a video on Instagram in which he confirms that he "gave in like a fool to violence, to hatred ”, while saying he was ready to“ pay ”.
Lyon: Blogger Bassem Braiki beaten up, an open investigation for "aggravated voluntary violence" https://t.co/IEEFiFwc1A via @ 20minutesLyon pic.twitter.com/mk2syfpnJz
- 20 Minutes Lyon (@ 20minuteslyon) February 11, 2020On images filmed on the phone and posted online at night, we see the blogger from Vénissieux, seriously injured, receiving violent punches, kicks and telescopic batons. Bassem Braiki had been talked about after the Paris attacks in 2015, calling on Muslims to revolt against terrorism. Since then, he has multiplied controversial remarks to the address of his thousands of fans.
In addition to rap, Sadek is also known for playing alongside Gérard Depardieu in the film Tour de France by Rachid Djaïdani, released in 2016.
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