The young woman returned for a long time on Tuesday in front of the Paris Assize Court, on the hours spent with the Moroccan singer from October 25 to 26, 2016. From the meeting in a nightclub at her hotel room, At the Marriott des Champs-Elysées, where she explained that she was struck and raped.
By Christophe Ayad
The second day of the Moroccan pop star trial, Saad Lamjarred, was mainly devoted to the testimony of the victim, Laura P., 27. The young woman returned for a long time, in front of the Paris Assize Court, on the night of October 25 to 26, 2016 during which she got to know the 37 -year -old singer in a nightclub before following him for a “After” and finish in her hotel room, at the Marriott des Champs-Elysées, where she explained that she was struck and raped.
Hands grabbed at the helm, dressed in a gray suit and a black t-shirt, Laura P. stopped several times to cry but has never deviated from her version of the facts. She did not know the singer or heard when they find themselves at two tables adjacent to the Matignon, a upscale club in the capital. They get to know a “good atmosphere”: “Yes, at that time, I like it physically, there is a rapprochement, we tease each other, we look at each other. But there is nothing inappropriate, nothing that Indicates that I want sexual intercourse, “she says.
” I shouted, I was lost “
Three times, Saad Lamjared invites him to continue the evening elsewhere. She leaves the friends with whom she came to follow her group of friends to him, an influencer of reality TV and the ex-girlfriend of the latter, in a room at the Intercontinental hotel. “I said to myself why not, I have fun, I get along well with this person.” “We continue the party, we picole a little, we dance”, testifies the influencer, Nadège L., heard in videoconferencing. There is cocaine, Saad Lamjarred takes it, not Laura P., who does not drink alcohol either. Saad Lamjarred “makes us listen to his music”, remembers Nadège L., and he and Laura P. “exchange little looks a little cute”.
Around 6 a.m., Saad Lamjared proposes to continue after him in his room on the seventh floor of the Marriott hotel, because it is larger and there are no neighbors at the stage. Laura P. accepts, convinced that the other couple will join them on the spot: “We had to continue the evening, it should not be an intimate moment.” But Nadège L. and her boyfriend will never come. “We danced, listened to music, spoken of everything and nothing,” sitting on the carpet, she continues. “We kissed”, “a smack”, specifies Laura P. “and there suddenly, he pushes me on the ground, my head has banged, I shouted, I was lost, I did not understand. I have not shown any sign that may make people think that I wanted to go further. “Sitting in the front row, where he appears free, Saad Lamjarred looks on the ground.
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