Booba

From 2022, Booba conducted a public campaign against Magali Berdah and influencers he called 'influvoleurs'. Following Berdah's complaint, he was formally placed under investigation and then committed for trial in July 2026 before the Criminal Court for aggravated cyberharassment, over alleged acts between May 2022 and June 2025. The trial is scheduled for 25 March 2027.

Attribution

Accused

Following journalist Linh-Lan Dao's fact-check of his anti-vaccination posts, Booba published numerous messages targeting her. On 2 June 2026, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced him to three months' imprisonment, suspended, a €30 000 fine and one year's disqualification from standing for election for cyberharassment and racist insult, as well as damages.

Attribution

Personally implicated

In a separate case heard on the same day as the Linh-Lan Dao case, Booba was fined €20 000 on 2 June 2026 for a public insult of a racial nature against digital culture specialist Tristan Mendès France.

Attribution

Personally implicated

In May 2025, Booba was ordered to pay Magali Berdah €10 000 for abusive proceedings after belatedly withdrawing two defamation complaints he had lodged against her.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Directly implicated

Booba repeatedly shared anti-vaccination claims, including a false assertion linking Covid-19 vaccines to cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He also publicly attacked doctors and journalists who contradicted these claims.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

Following a public exchange in 2019, Booba had insulted former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui on social media. In April 2023, the Nanterre Criminal Court fined him €5 000 for public insult and ordered him to pay €5 000 in damages.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

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Personally implicated

On 1 August 2018, Booba and Kaaris and their entourages clashed in a hall at Orly airport, causing injuries and damage. The Créteil Criminal Court sentenced each rapper to eighteen months' imprisonment, suspended, and a €50 000 fine. Civil compensation was subsequently ordered for the damage.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Personally implicated

Several of Booba's lyrics have been criticised for verbal violence, sexism or wording considered homophobic. In 2016, Matthieu Delormeau publicly accused him of homophobia and misogyny over earlier lyrics.

State of the evidence

Reported by the press

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Directly implicated

Following a shooting in April 2002 in Aubervilliers in which a man was injured, Booba was placed in police custody, formally placed under investigation for attempted intentional homicide and remanded in custody. He was ultimately acquitted by the Bobigny Criminal Court in November 2003.

Attribution

Accused

Booba was sentenced to imprisonment in 1997 following the robbery or assault of a taxi driver. Several retrospective press accounts mention a sentence of approximately one year in prison.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Personally implicated