Rapper Koba LaD was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment this Monday by the criminal court of Melun (Seine-et-Marne) for violence committed in 2022 against his historic manager, Marvin I. known as ''Deuspi''. If he was acquitted for the charges of theft and kidnapping, the 24-year-old artist received a heavier sentence than the requisitions made in November, which were two prison terms including one year suspended.
The musician with three certified platinum albums, and whose relationship with RnB singer Wejdene is causing social networks to panic, listened to the court deliver its decision by videoconference, from the Fleury-Mérogis remand center (Essonne). His lawyer, Stéphanie Cherqui, did not wish to make a statement following the deliberations. “This decision demonstrates that acts of violence even in the world of rap are sanctioned,” reacted Mr. Jonathan Bellaiche, lawyer for Marvin I., manager of Koba LaD.
“We rolled on the ground and fought”
During the hearing in November, Marvin I. known as ''Deuspi'', recounted how, upon returning from a showcase in a club in Lille in April 2022, he was taken in the early morning by members of Koba LaD's entourage, to an abandoned warehouse in Essonne. There he was beaten and lost consciousness. When the manager regains consciousness, he finds himself with a group of “six-seven” people in front of the home of his partner Sarah B. in Vert-Saint-Denis, a town in the conurbation of Melun (Seine-et-Marne). Inside, his partner and his little brother are sequestered.
Before the judges, Koba LaD admitted to a fight in the street between them on April 18, 2022 but denies any kidnapping of his manager. “We rolled on the ground and fought,” he simply said, when the other defendants denied the facts which they claimed were “totally false”. The court released these three people on Monday, in accordance with the requisitions.
He accuses his manager of defrauding him
Koba LaD, real name Marcel Junior Loutarila, accuses his manager of having defrauded him of several hundred thousand euros and filed a complaint against him after his arrest by the police in the case of violence and kidnapping. The investigation into this financial aspect is still ongoing.
In September, Koba LaD was also indicted and imprisoned for manslaughter in Val-de-Marne, accused of having caused the death of a friend in a road accident while he was driving under the influence of narcotics.
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