The Moroccan influencer Soukaina Benjelloun regained her freedom on Sunday after three months in detention in Casablanca. Sentenced following a highly publicized dispute with her ex-husband, she leaves Okacha Prison marked by an experience she describes as “bitter.”
The justice system ordered the incarceration of three real estate developers in Casablanca on Wednesday, putting an end to fifteen years of impunity. They are accused of embezzling funds from a residential project in Sidi Maarouf, defrauding nearly 300 families.
The high-profile case of the "most expensive divorce in Morocco" is taking a major turn. A few days after the influencer Soukaina Benjelloun was detained in the Oukacha prison, her ex-husband, Mehdi Kabbaj, announced the withdrawal of his complaint for defamation. However, he sets strict conditions to close this legal chapter.
The justice system ordered on Thursday the provisional detention of the influencer Soukayna Benjeloun in Casablanca. Known on social networks for having publicized what has been described as the "most expensive divorce in Morocco", she is the subject of legal proceedings initiated by her former husband.
A former Member of Parliament from the Popular Movement Party (MP) and former president of the Beni Mellal commune, a Moroccan-American, a public official, and an engineer are being prosecuted while in custody, while twelve other individuals are being prosecuted while free on charges related to embezzlement of public funds.
Soldiers would be involved in the Lhaj Ahmed Benbrahim alias "Escobar of the Desert" case, the name of the Malian imprisoned in the El Jadida prison since 2019 and then transferred to the Oukacha prison. They would have facilitated drug trafficking.
The Casablanca Court of Appeal decided on Wednesday to reduce from three years to eight months in prison the sentence imposed on a retired magistrate, accused of defamation, contempt of a magistrate and the judicial police, and detained in the Oukacha prison.
The rape complaint filed by a French lawyer against sons of major Moroccan businessmen continues to cause a scandal in the country.
Four individuals - including rich kids - have been detained at the Oukacha prison after the rape of a French lawyer in early November in a residence in Ain Diab (Casablanca). Today, an amicable settlement is being sought.
Suspected of being involved in a "human trafficking" case, the Casablanca YouTuber Reda Bouzidi, known by the pseudonym "Oueld Chinwiya", will soon be informed of his fate.
The investigating judge at the Casablanca Court of Appeal ordered the preventive detention of the three people accused of raping a French lawyer and assaulting her Moroccan companion.
The Casablanca YouTuber Reda Bouzidi, known by the pseudonym "Oueld Chinwiya", was placed in pre-trial detention at the Ain Sebaâ - Oukacha prison in Casablanca on Wednesday.