A Moroccan singer popular across the Arab world has been sentenced to six years in prison in France for rape in a high-profile case that led to backlash against the star, online abuse against the victim, and even an intervention from the Moroccan king.
Friday by a jury and three magistrates of assaulting and raping a young woman at a luxury hotel on the Champs-Élysées in 2016 while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, the Associated Press reported. He has 10 days to appeal the verdict.
Lamjarred, 37, met the victim at a nightclub in Paris in October 2016. They went to his hotel, where the victim, who was 20 at the time of the attack, said she consented to kiss him but that the singer hit and raped her when she refused further advances from him. The court and the jurors found the victim had remained consistent in her account statements, while Lamjarred’s statements had been “variable and evolving.” Lamjarred protested his innocence throughout the case, telling the judge on the final day of the trial: “I absolutely didn’t do what I’ve been accused of,” according to French media.The victim broke down in tears as the verdict was read out.
Radio France Internationale afterward. “I hope it has opened their eyes. Yes, it’s long. Yes, it’s hard. But it’s not impossible.”
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