Influencer Kenza Benchrif, known as Poupette Kenza on social media, recognized “having mandated a henchman in the extortion case for which she had been imprisoned”, declared Wednesday November 27, 2024 at theAFP his lawyer Jérémy Kalfon, confirming information from Parisian. According to her lawyer, she confessed “having accepted this man's offer of service, after unsuccessfully resorting to mutual friends and lawyers. If she knew that this man was going to impress her former agent and her husband with his build and the element of surprise, she never validated the direct or indirect threats of physical violence. continued Me Kalfon.
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“I accepted, I knew it would be a bit of pressure”
The 24-year-old young woman, pregnant with her third child, is indicted for attempted extortion by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy in a case investigated in Rouen (Seine-Maritime). Kenza Benchrif was placed in pre-trial detention in July 2024 before being released on October 31 and placed under judicial supervision. Through her lawyer, the influencer spoke: “Indeed, I accepted, I was offered to appoint this guy to go and resolve my problem. I obviously knew it would be a bit of pressure […]. But that's not at all what I asked. »
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As a reminder, the case dates back to February 23, 2024, when a couple “had been the subject of various surveillance (physical, installation of mini-camera near their home and GPS beacon placed on their vehicle) and was physically threatened on condition of handing over a sum of €200,000”explained in July 2024, the Rouen public prosecutor in office at that time, Frédéric Teillet.
The influence's companion, Allan Liehrmann, has been incarcerated for the same facts since his return to France on September 23, 2024.
