One of the members of the Sexion d'Assaut group is accused of gang rape. What happened? What facts are he accused of?
An extraordinary case will soon have a long-awaited outcome: the verdict in the Mazan trial will be given on December 20. And apart from the judgment of Dominique Pélicot, accused of having raped and having his wife raped under chemical submission, which could redefine the law on rape, other cases are shaking France. This week, actor Gérard Darmon was accused by 9 women of sexist and sexual violence. The singer Slimane is the subject of two complaints for harassment and sexual assault (his friend Lara Fabian spoke out).
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According to The Parisiananother French artist is concerned by similar accusations. It is abouta rapper from Sexion d’Assautthe group that discovered Black M and Maître Gims, today at the head of very successful solo careers. They were mainly with Lefa, Barack Adama, Maska, Doomams and JR O Crom. And it is the latter which is the subject of an investigation.
A member of Sexion d’Assaut accused of rape
This Friday, November 29, 2024, The Parisian revealed that rapper Jr O Crom was “presented before an investigating judge as part of the opening of a judicial investigation for rape”. But the facts with which he is accused are not recent: they actually date from March 2024 and would have taken place in Paris.
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Real name Karim Ballo, Jr O Crom is said to have participated in gang rape or attempted rape. The first judicial police district, the “1er DPJ”, is conducting the investigation and identified the rapper as the person who accosted the complainant. On Wednesday, the judicial police heard him in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. What would have happened?
What facts are accused of Jr O Crom?
On March 25, 2024, the receptionist at a hotel in Aubervilliers, in Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris, called the police: he discovered a customer in tears, the latter claiming to have been raped in the Marais district of the capital. The Parisian cites the prosecution, which specifies that “the complainant indicated that he had come to spend two evenings in a row in a bar in the Marais, where he had sexual relations several times”. He then recounts having been “accosted in the street on the way out and forced into further sexual relations”. According to a police source, the singer forced fellatio on the victim under a carriage entrance. He was identified in particular thanks to video surveillance. The investigating judge did not pronounce his indictment and his lawyer, Me Tristan Vieules-Augendre, did not wish to speak for the moment, specifies The Parisian.
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Aged 39, Jr O Crom made his debut in the Sexion d'Assaut collective formed in 2002 alongside Black M, Gims and the others. The group found great success with songs like Sorry, My management, Before she leaves or Wati House. They won several NRJ Music Awards in 2013.
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