Poupette Kenza incarcerated: the influencer indicted for “attempted extortion by an organized gang”
L'influenceuse Poupette Kenza mise en examen pour tentative d'extorsion de fond. Capture Instagram
L'influenceuse Poupette Kenza a été mise en examen et incarcérée pour tentative d'extorsion en bande organisée et association de malfaiteurs, a-t-on appris lundi auprès du procureur de Rouen.
Poupette Kenza, whose real name is Kenza Benchrif, was indicted after the complaint, on February 23, 2024, of a couple who " ;is the subject of various surveillance (physical, installation of mini-camera near their home and GPS beacon placed on their vehicle) and was physically threatened under the condition of handing over a sum of 200 000 euros", according to a press release from the Rouen public prosecutor Frédéric Teillet.
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Entrusted to the interdepartmental direction of the national police of Rouen, the investigation made it possible to find the alleged perpetrator. Arrested during the meeting "planned for the delivery of the sum of money, while he was carrying a grenade" , this man admitted to having contacted the victims to "settle a financial dispute which pitted them against an influencer currently residing in Dubai"< /em>.
This alleged perpetrator was indicted for attempted extortion by an organized gang, possession of explosives and criminal conspiracy and placed in pre-trial detention, according to the prosecutor's press release. The investigations tend to demonstrate the involvement of Kenza Benchrif as donor ;#39;order", explained Mr. Teillet.
Indicted and incarcerated
Alerted to the return to France of Ms. Benchrif, residing in Dubai, investigators arrested her on July 4 in the Rouen metropolitan area, he detailed.
Indicted for attempted extortion by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy, Ms. Benchrif was imprisoned "pending the debate on his placement in pre-trial detention" scheduled for Thursday, according to the prosecutor. She was also heard about a procedure targeting deceptive commercial practices in the context of her activities as an influencer and did not wish to answer the questions, according to the prosecution.
"Madame Kenza Benchrif reserves her explanations for justice (…) and does not wish to transform this procedure into a media fistfight which would harm the serenity of the ;#39;information and in search of the truth", indicate in a press release the young woman's lawyers, Mourad Battikh and Jérémy Kalfon.
"The latter denies having had the role attributed to her in this matter, that on the contrary she was robbed of' #39;a large sum of money and that procedures have been initiated on this subject, they add.
Aged 24, Poupette Kenza is followed by 1.1 million accounts on Instagram and has a total of 1.3 million subscribers on TikTok.
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