End of the run for Maes. The 30-year-old Frenchman, originally from Sevran, in the Paris region, was arrested in Casablanca, Morocco, his country of origin, reports The New Obsthis Wednesday. The artist who had been based in Dubai since 2022 hastily left the emirate this week, just before the visit of the French Minister of Justice… who had just come to discuss extradition with the local authorities.
The artist was in fact targeted by an arrest warrant from France for a case of kidnapping and sequestration. Despite his absence, he had already been sentenced to ten months in prison by French justice after hitting a man leaving a studio in 2018. In 2015, Walid Georgey, his real name, had already been tried and declared guilty of drug trafficking.
His departure to Dubai forced him to cancel his concert at the Accord Arena, which sparked mockery from his rival Booba. Maes, for his part, had justified his departure by saying he was the victim of attempted racketeering in his original neighborhood. At the end of 2022, his manager was killed by a gunshot to the head between Chelles and Gournay-sur-Marne.
