Heard Wednesday, February 22 before the Paris Assize Court where he was tried for a rape aggravated with violence which would have taken place in 2016, the Moroccan artist reaffirmed his innocence, believing that “this affair lasted too long “.
by Christophe Ayad
After the victim, the accused. The singer Saad Lamjarred delivered, Wednesday, February 22, at the Paris Assize Court, his version of the Night of October 25 to 26, 2016 which earned him to appear for aggravated rape with violence. Laura P. accuses him of having raped her and struck her in room 714 of the Marriott hotel.
More comfortable, less tense than the first day, Saad Lamjarred, dressed wisely of black pants, a white shirt and a sea sweater, spoke in three languages, many in Arabic or in English, with the help of an interpreter, less in French.
If the two stories agree until 6 a.m. – The meeting in a posh club in the Champs -Elysées district, their rapprochement, the decision to go to the Intercontinental hotel in the room of a couple met During the evening -they start to diverge from the moment when the two young people leave the intercontinental to join the Marriott where the singer is housed, by his concert scheduled for October 29 at the Palais des Congrès. She is convinced that the other couple will join them. Assures him that it was clear that they would only be both.
During the taxi route to the Marriott, “we hold hands, I complimented her on her beauty,” he says. He insists: “We have cuddles, not friendly hugs. We liked it, it was not just physical, I liked his personality even if we had only talked for two hours.”
In the room, Laura P. sits on her bed, takes off her shoes and jewelry. He sees it as an invitation. Then she said to him “sorry, I couldn’t kiss you in front of everyone”. Saad Lamjarred takes it as a “sign”. He leans, kisses her, “a long kiss”. Others follow, he says. “I was starting to see more and more signs of a certain disposition to what she ends the evening with me (…). We continued to kiss a good time and I started to feel more and more of excitement. I felt excitement at home too. “He says that she helps her to remove her t-shirt then his pants. He explains having kissed her all over his body, including in the crotch. “At one point, I understood that she was ready for the last step.”
“I didn’t want to make you cry”
He undresses in turn. But when he lies down on her, she then claw it violently in the back. “I did something that I regret, I pushed it to the face suddenly. It was an involuntary reflex, I am not proud of it (…). A real man does not do that.” According to He, the fight lasted fifteen seconds. He adds, in a solemn tone: “M the president, I say it today and I will say it until my last breath, me, Saad Lamjarred, I have never penetrated Laura P., In any way whatsoever “.
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