Rapper Timal was sentenced Thursday evening 1 September 2022 by the court of Meaux to pay 6,000 euros for “acts of cruelty to a pet”, two days after airing a video in which he beats his dog, he learned. ‘AFP with the lawyers of the parties.
Published: September 2, 2022 at 08:26
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Ruben Louis – his real name – was sentenced late in the evening to a 120-day fine of 50 euros, for a total of 6 thousand euros. If he hadn’t paid this sum, he would have faced 120 days in jail.
He is also sentenced to a five-year ban on keeping animals.
This ruling was previously proposed by the prosecutor and accepted by the rapper as part of the appearance on the prior acknowledgment of guilt (CRPC), a sort of French “guilty plea” that allows you to judge certain crimes more quickly, provided that that the defendant acknowledges the facts.
A video on Snapchat
The 25-year-old artist was arrested and placed in police custody Wednesday in Champs-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), on the outskirts of Paris, where he resides.
The day before he posted a video on the Snapchat social network in which he is filmed kicking one of his two dogs in the head. “The asshole goes”, we could read in the legend.
The mastiffs were kidnapped and entrusted to an association for the protection of animals.
“It is a sentence adapted to the situation as Timal recognized the facts and above all expressed sincere regret. The video is not at all representative of the way he has always treated his animals of him “, Elise Arfi, her lawyer, told AFP Me.
“The gap is widening between an ultra-sensitive public opinion that no longer accepts attacks on animals and sanctions inflicted well below the maximum sanctions”, and “absolutely not dissuasive”, reacted for her part Me Caroline Lanty, lawyer of the foundation of 30 million friends, who had complained.
This case echoes that of Kurt Zouma, a French international defender sentenced by British justice to 180 hours of community service in June for mistreating his cat after a video went viral.
Timal gained some notoriety in February with the single “Filtered”, along with rapper Gazo. The song now has over 52 million plays on Spotify, the world’s leading music platform, and nearly as many views on YouTube.
At the end of August he released, with rap heavyweights Booba, a new single entitled “Chameleon”.
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You were wrong with this, but you will prove to them that you are not bad
Booba tweeted Thursday, addressing the young rapper, calling his gesture a“Unacceptable but not unforgivable”.
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