Koffie Olomide Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Koffie Olomide Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Over Kidnapping, Acquitted of Assault Charges

EKO HOT BLOG reports that popular Congolese musician, Koffi Olomide, has been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence for kidnapping his former dancers while in France.

An Appeal Court in Versailles, France, delivered the sentence on Monday. The court overturned a 2019 ruling over a rape charge of one of the dancers and gave him the new sentence, suspended for three years.

The Music Star was also cleared of sexually assaulting four ex-dancers and members of his Quartier Latin band.

Koffi, had been accused by the female dancers of sexual assault and kidnapping between 2002 and 2006 at a villa in Asnières, Paris.

The public prosecutor who were reportedly disappointed by the judgment of the court called for a minimum sentence of eight years for the singer.

The judge is said to have overturned the rape charge because of changing and contradicting evidence provided by the prosecutors.

The singer was also ordered to pay fines of between N 4.3 million and N14.6 million to each of the former dancers. Koffi’s assault cases.

The Lingala king is not new to controversies, he has a long list of cases that have seen him in and out of court.

Recall that he was arrested in August 2012 for assaulting his former music producer, Diego Lubaki, and was handed a three-month suspended prison sentence for the assault.

The singer caused a stir upon his arrival in Kenya on Friday, July 22, when he kicked one of his female dancers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the full glare of cameras and police officers.

The incident quickly went viral, with many Kenyans taking to social media to condemn his actions and call for his arrest.

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