Magali Berdah appeared this Monday afternoon before the Nice criminal court for bankruptcy and money laundering when she was an insurance broker around ten years ago, before she became the “popess of influencers”.
The trial of Magali Berdah opened Monday afternoon before the Nice criminal court, where the former “popess of influencers” is on trial for bankruptcy and money laundering when she was an insurance broker, around ten years ago. ‘years.
This figure from the world of social networks arrived smiling at the beginning of the afternoon at court. Victim of violent cyberstalking, she said she feared for her safety, but the harassers who, according to her, had promised to come did not come forward.
Target of rapper Booba
The procedure, in which she appears with three co-defendants, concerns her management of the insurance brokerage company BA&CO between January 30, 2014 and July 31, 2015, the day after the judicial liquidation of the company with liabilities estimated at nearly 2 .5 million euros.
In an interview with the regional daily Nice-Matin on Friday, she assured that she was only a “simple employee” of the company and that she gained nothing from the bankruptcy. Placed in police custody a year ago in this case, she has since been under judicial supervision, with a ban on managing a business and a reporting obligation.
After this first business, in 2017 she created the Shauna Events agency, specializing in connecting social media personalities and brands, which earned her the nickname “the popess of influencers” and made her a target of the rapper Booba in his crusade against those he calls “influvoleurs”
The rapper accused her of deceptive commercial practices, but the investigation launched against her was dismissed, while Booba was indicted a year ago for aggravated online moral harassment against him. In March, 28 Internet users were already sentenced following a trial which revealed the violence of the tens of thousands of messages she had received.
