Koffi Olomide Found Guilty of Rape 19th March 2019 Koffi Olomide undoubtedly one of the greatest African singers hasbeen found guilty of...
19th March 2019
Koffi Olomide undoubtedly one of the greatest African singers hasbeen found guilty of rape an offence he committed on his dancer whe she was 15 years of age which matter is referee to in country of origin and in France as statutory rape.The singer has been slapped with a two- year suspended jail sentence by the court of Law in France which ruling was made in the singer's absence as he did not turn up for the course hearing. The court has ordered Koffi Olomide 62, to pay his former dancer 5,000 euros ($5,700; £4,300) in damages and to also pay the same amount in fine for having helped three ladies to enter France without following laid down procedure that the court in Nanterre outside Paris.But his lawyer has said the ruling is a victory, pridicring that the all thing will result in the withdrawal of the singer's international arrest his lawyer told some journalists.
The rumba and soukous world regards Koffi to be a huge international act in Congo DR and beyond which is to say across all Africa and parts of Europe.
Olomide has in the past be charged with aggravated rape which for some reason were reduced in the incident that took place in 2012. But some dancers who in time past worked for Koffi narrated how the singer assaulted them sexually multiple times between 2002 and 2006 both in Congo DR and in France.
Sakala Reporters
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