The Malian singer was sentenced last October by the Brussels Criminal Court to a sentence of two years' imprisonment as part of a conflict with her ex-Belgian conjurer on the care of their daughter.
The Malian singer Rokia Traoré, incarcerated since the end of November in Brussels in the context of a conflict with her ex-Belgian conjunct on the guard of their daughter, is released, the lawyers of the two parties announced on Wednesday. Rokia Traoré, in conflict with the Belgian playwright Jan Goossens since 2019 on their child's care, has reached the latter with an agreement which was validated under certain conditions by the Brussels court during a closed hearing, have explained lawyers to the press. « Today, Madame Traoré finds freedom », said his lawyer Dimitri de Béco.
The singer and guitarist who will be 51 on Friday was sentenced in October 2023 by the Brussels Criminal Court to a sentence of two years' imprisonment for ” unrepresentation of children ». At the time, this sentence condemnation arose from the fact that it had refused to submit to the decision of a Belgian civil judge granting the child's child care. She had refused to present herself to the criminal court and had been sentenced by default. Jan Goossens criticizes Rokia Traoré for prevented him from seeing their child for five and a half years, when the little girl was four years old, and for having constantly subtracted to the Belgian judges.
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Now, after his arrest in Italy in June 2024, his delivery to Belgium at the end of November, and a new period of incarceration of almost two months in Brussels, Rokia Traoré agreed to get along with Jan Goossens so that both could Review the child, who currently lives in Mali. The two parties refused to specify Wednesday within what period and in which country would make their respective reunions, evoking « an agreement remaining confidential, in the interest of the child ».
According to Sven Mary, lawyer for Jan Goossens, Ms. Traoré has the obligation to stay « a Europe »not necessarily in Belgium, and will have to appear before the Belgian justice for the next hearings. A new audience is scheduled for June in Brussels to examine the implementation of the agreement and program the pleadings on the merits, which could take place at the end of the year, according to Me Dimitri de Béco.
Rokia Traoré, who opposed her default conviction of 2023, must be rejuvenated by the same court, as provided by the Belgian law. But « If the agreement is respected it will be an audience for the form »said Sven Mary, greeting the attitude « constructive » of the opposing party in the amicable discussions. This case « went to a snowball, it destroyed my career »had recognized Rokia Traoré at the end of December, during the first public hearing in Brussels since her extradition from Italy.
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