“Ms. Benchrif admits to having accepted this man's offer of service, after unsuccessfully resorting to mutual friends and lawyers.“, declared Me Kalfon, Kenza Benchrif's lawyer about the extortion case for which she had been imprisoned.
“If she knew that this man was going to impress her former agent and her husband with his build and the effect of surprise, she never validated the direct or indirect threats of physical violence“, he continued.
Indicted for attempted extortion by an organized gang and criminal association in a case investigated in Rouen, the influencer was placed in pre-trial detention in July before being released on October 31 and placed under judicial supervision.
“Obviously I knew it would be a bit of pressure”
“She said: 'Indeed, I accepted, I was offered to appoint this guy to go and solve my problem, I accepted, I obviously knew that it would be a bit of pressure (…) But that's not the case. is not at all what I asked for'”, added Me Kalfon.
“If we criticize influencers a lot, we must not forget that, like football players, they are the object of a lot of desire. Many people gravitate towards them and pretend to have solutions to all their problems in order to curry favor with them in the hope of getting money.“, argued the lawyer.
The young woman, aged 24, is pregnant with her third child.
The case was triggered by the complaint, on February 23, 2024, of a couple who “is subject to various surveillance (physical, installation of mini-camera near their home and GPS beacon placed on their vehicle) and has been physically threatened under the condition of handing over a sum of 200,000 euros“, explained the Rouen public prosecutor last July.
The influencer's companion, Allan Liehrmann, established in Dubai, returned to France on September 23.to explain oneself to justice“. Arrested at the airport, he was in turn indicted for the same facts and imprisoned.
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