Europe 1 with AFP 8:30 p.m., July 15, 2022

A preliminary investigation targeting rapper Kaaris was opened on Friday, after a complaint for aggravated willful violence filed by his ex-girlfriend, the prosecution said.

The rapper's lawyer, Me Yassine Maharsi, tells Le Parisien that he disputes the accusations and that he intends to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation for his client.

A preliminary investigation targeting rapper Kaaris was opened on Friday, after a complaint for aggravated willful violence filed by his ex-girlfriend, the Évry prosecution told AFP, confirming information from the newspaper

Le Parisien

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The rapper's lawyer, Me Yassine Maharsi, could not be reached immediately.

With Le Parisien, he formally contested the accusations, announcing his intention to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation for his client, whose real name is Okou Gnakouri.

The prosecution made a point of specifying that it had not yet "qualified the facts", recalling that it is up to the investigation to "verify the elements that exist and to follow up on them or not".

Facts from October 2021

Linda P., who has a child with Kaaris, denounces facts dating from January 19, 2021. In her complaint filed on July 7 and consulted by AFP, she reports a "fleeing behavior" sudden and without explanation of the part of Kaaris, causing a "deep trauma" in their child.

Faced with this unexplained absence, she would have tried "to reconnect" with Kaaris, said one of her advisers Me Adrien Gabeaud, and would have discovered that the rapper had acquired "a new residence" in Linas in Essonneau south of Paris .

She goes there on January 19, 2021 and "finds in bed" Kaaris, with another woman, continues her advice, who defends her alongside Me Sema Akman.

Kaaris' current wife also targeted

There, Kaaris is accused of having assaulted Linda P. in the garage of her house, kicking and punching her while tearing out her nails, denounces the complaint, which specifies that Linda P. needed "crutches and a support boot for two weeks".

The complaint also targets the woman with whom Kaaris was on the day of the alleged assault, Marion P., for failure to assist a person in danger.

Linda P. filed a handrail on February 17, 2021, "hesitating to file a complaint because of a certain amount of pressure from Kaaris and his entourage", assures Me Gabeaud.

On July 7, 2022, she finally filed a complaint, believing that "enough is too much", said her lawyer.