Karim Ballo, alias Jr O Crom, member of the rap group Sexion d’Assaut, is suspected of having participated in gang rape or attempted rape, reveals The Parisian. This Friday, he was to be presented to an investigating judge in Paris as part of the opening of a judicial investigation for “gang rape”, confirmed the prosecution.
The facts date back to March 25, 2024. A receptionist at a hotel in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) alerted the police after discovering a customer in tears, claiming to have been raped in the Marais district, in Paris. Quoted by Le Parisien, the prosecution emphasizes that “the complainant indicated that he had come to spend two evenings in a row in a bar in the Marais, where he had had sexual relations several times” before being “accounted for in the street on his way out and forced to ‘other sexual relations’.
The rapper heard by the police on Wednesday
The investigations carried out by the first judicial police district (1st DPJ) led to the identification of Jr O Crom as the person who accosted the complainant. The rapper, aged 39, was questioned on Wednesday by the judicial police in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Jr O Crom became known with Sexion d’Assaut, a rap group which marked the 2010s with titles such as Sorry or Ma direction. After the group broke up, he embarked on a solo career as a singer and songwriter.
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