He had been in prison for almost four months. The influencer Poupette Kenza, in preventive detention at the beginning of July in an extortion case investigated in Rouen, was released on Thursday, October 31, and placed under judicial supervision, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned together with her lawyer and the prosecutor’s office. , confirming information from the Parisian.
“This arrest was really motivated by the lack of guarantee of representation, because she has spent her entire life in Dubai. (…) her children, her husband, her house, her bank accounts, her companiesdeclared to AFP Mmy Jeremy Kalfon. From the moment her life was reimported to France, there was no longer any reason for her to remain detained given the moderate severity of the case. »
The Rouen prosecutor’s office confirmed that the creator of the content had indeed been placed under judicial control by the investigating judge, without detailing for the moment the conditions of said control. The young woman, 24 years old, is pregnant with her third child and this pregnancy “most likely allowed” that his release be examined “a little faster” for justice, according to Mmy Kalfon.
Rescue of 200,000 euros
Poupette Kenza, whose real name is Kenza Benchrif, has 1.1 million accounts on Instagram and a total of 1.2 million subscribers on TikTok. She is currently charged with attempted extortion by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy. The case was triggered by the complaint, on February 23, 2024, of a couple who “He is the subject of various surveillance (physical, installation of a mini-camera near his home and GPS beacon placed in his vehicle) and was physically threatened with the condition of giving him a sum of 200,000 euros”explained the Rouen prosecutor last July.
The influencer’s partner, Allan Liehrmann, returned to France on September 23 “explain yourself before the court”. Arrested at the airport, he was in turn accused of the same facts and imprisoned. The investigation led to the discovery of the alleged perpetrator of the extortion attempt, who was also prosecuted and imprisoned. The man was arrested during a meeting. “He anticipated the delivery of the sum of money, while carrying a grenade”. He admitted to having contacted the victims to “resolve a financial dispute between them and an influencer who currently resides in Dubai”.
