Magali Berdah, was relaxed Monday November 25, 2024 in Nice in a bankruptcy case when she was an insurance broker around ten years ago. During the trial at the end of September, the prosecution requested 18 months in prison, six of which must be spent under an electronic bracelet, as well as a definitive ban on managing a company against this figure in social networks and the world of influence.
The case concerns the brokerage company BA&CO, created in 2013 by a childhood friend of Magali Berdah, taken over in March 2014 by her mother then placed in compulsory liquidation in 2015, with liabilities estimated at nearly 2.5 million euros. 'euros. Magali Berdah presented herself as the commercial director of BA&CO, a simple employee herself put in difficulty by the setbacks of the company, while the prosecution affirmed that she was the de facto manager.
In its decision rendered under advisement, the Nice criminal court noted the gaps in the investigation and concluded that it was not proven that Magali Berdah was the de facto manager. She was therefore purely and simply relaxed. Only his mother, legal manager during the last year of BA&CO's life and as such already sentenced by the criminal court to repay more than two million euros, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Magali Berdah's lawyer reacts
In a press release, Maître Franck De Vita, lawyer for Magali Berdah, welcomed of this won battle: “It is with great satisfaction that I announce to you that Magalie Berdah has been acquitted purely and simply of all charges today by the Nice Criminal Court. As she had always claimed, and in accordance with what we had argued, the Court did not note any act likely to constitute de facto management at the time because she was only a simple employee. The judgment is remarkably reasoned in that it identifies seven reasons for acquittal. It should also be noted that this is a pure and simple acquittal and not for the benefit of the doubt. The proceedings against her for ten years were therefore completely unfounded.“
Magali Berdah, influencer expert
Magali Berdah rose to notoriety in 2017, with the creation of Shauna Events, an agency specializing in connecting brands and influencers. Her activity was undermined in 2022, when rapper Booba accused her of deceptive commercial practices. After the opening of an investigation, this file was closed without further action, as unfounded. while Booba was indicted for online moral harassment aggravated and that 28 internet harassers were convicted in March.
If Shauna Events is currently emerging from its difficulties, Magali Berdah announced with great fanfare in October the launch of an international agency on the same model, representing a thousand influencers in around twenty countries.
