The rapper from Sevran, targeted by an investigation following the accusations of his ex-girlfriend Linda P., was placed in police custody this Wednesday, November 9.
Rapper Kaaris, accused of domestic violence, was summoned to the criminal court of Evry (Essonne) on November 10, 2023 for violence against a spouse with an ITT of more than eight days as a legal recidivism, said the prosecution, requested by the AFP.
His ex-companion Linda P. accuses him of having assaulted her on January 19, 2021. She was summoned the same day before the criminal court for home invasion and minor damage, according to the public prosecutor.
This is the second time he has been taken into custody for domestic violence. Rapper Kaaris, targeted by an investigation following the accusations of his ex-girlfriend Linda P., was placed in police custody this Wednesday, November 9, in Essonne, a source close to the investigation told AFP, confirming an information of the Parisian . He had already been placed in police custody for similar facts last September.
His ex-girlfriend was also taken into 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.
“Serene”
Resident in Essonne, the rapper from Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), 42, was heard Wednesday morning at the police station in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, south of Paris. “Kaaris is serene”assured AFP his lawyers, My Yassine Maharsi and Yassine Yakouti. “His accuser was taken into custody, which is not trivial.”
On July 7, 2022, his ex-companion 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 Évry. 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 “introduced” at their client “illegally by climbing a wall”having “damaged his vehicle” and to be “thrown 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, his lawyer could not be reached immediately.
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The French rapper, born in Ivory Coast, found success with the release of his album Black gold, who helped popularize the style of trap, a genre of rap from the southern United States, in France. 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.