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Nekfeu

Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “First three complaints by former wife alleging violence, rape or harassment closed without further action” and “Judicial child custody dispute amid allegations of violence”.

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Profile No. 1011 · Updated on 12 October 2026

5Documented controversies

8Sources

0Formal charge · all time

0Conviction

§ Legal statuses reflect the documented sources as of the date shown; they replace neither court decisions nor the presumption of innocence. Counts are not a rating. Methodology

I. Documented controversies

2025–2026

Proceedings against former wife for failure to hand over child, Nekfeu as complainant

Formally charged — against a third party

Protagonist is the victim — these proceedings are not counted in their formal charges or convictions.

Following the custody dispute, Nekfeu's former wife was prosecuted over several incidents of failing to hand over their child. In particular, she received a two-month suspended prison sentence in March 2025 for certain acts, followed by another reported suspended sentence in February 2026 in separate proceedings.

State of the evidence: Documented
Role of the person profiled: Protagonist is the victim

Sources · 2

[1]
Le ParisienAffaire Nekfeu : l'ex-compagne du rappeur condamnée à de la prison avec sursis pour non-représentation d'enfantMediaHigh reliability
[2]
Le Parisien« Je fais de la musique à Paris » : Nekfeu aperçu par hasard par un vidéaste en TurquieMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2025–2026

Judicial investigation opened for rape and violence following new complaint

Investigation

On 9 October 2025, the Paris prosecutor's office announced the opening of a judicial investigation into rape and violence allegations made by Nekfeu's former wife. As of 7 September 2026, the reliable public sources consulted continued to mention the case without publicly establishing that the rapper had been formally placed under investigation or convicted.

Attribution: Directly implicated

Sources · 3

[1]
Le ParisienAffaire Nekfeu : une information judiciaire ouverte contre le rappeur accusé de violences sexuellesMediaHigh reliability
[2]
RTLNekfeu accusé de viols et violences : une information judiciaire ouverteMediaHigh reliability
[3]
Le Parisien« Je fais de la musique à Paris » : Nekfeu aperçu par hasard par un vidéaste en TurquieMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2023–2025

Judicial child custody dispute amid allegations of violence

Civil / administrative proceedings

The separation between Nekfeu and his former wife led to a highly publicised legal dispute over their child's residence. The court ordered that the child's principal residence be with the father, with visitation rights for the mother, while she continued to allege domestic violence.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Directly implicated

Sources · 1

[1]
Le MondeLe rappeur Nekfeu accusé de violences sur fond de conflit de garde : la justice face à la thèse du « contrôle coercitif »MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2025

New complaint: police custody for rape, sexual assault and violence, followed by release without prosecution at that stage

No legal proceedings

Following a new complaint filed in March 2025 by his former wife, Nekfeu was held in police custody in late September 2025 over allegations of rape, sexual assault and repeated domestic violence. He was released on 1 October without immediate prosecution following police custody.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Directly implicated

Sources · 2

[1]
Le ParisienLe rappeur Nekfeu placé en garde à vue pour viol, agressions sexuelles et violences habituelles sur conjointMediaHigh reliability
[2]
Le ParisienNekfeu en garde à vue : le rappeur libéré sans poursuites à ce stadeMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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2023–2024

First three complaints by former wife alleging violence, rape or harassment closed without further action

Case dismissed / dropped

Nekfeu's former wife filed several complaints against the rapper in 2023 and 2024, accusing him, in particular, of rape, violence and harassment in the context of their separation. The first three cases were closed without further action between 2023 and 2024, as the offences had not been sufficiently established according to the reported judicial information.

State of the evidence: Documented
Attribution: Directly implicated

Sources · 2

[1]
Le ParisienNekfeu : ce que l'on sait des accusations de viols et violences portées par l'ex-femme du rappeurMediaHigh reliability
[2]
Le ParisienLe rappeur Nekfeu placé en garde à vue pour viol, agressions sexuelles et violences habituelles sur conjointMediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 September 2026

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II. Constellation of documented links

No documented link with another published profile for now.

Two profiles are linked when a documented controversy of one names the other. The link points to that controversy and its sources; it does not indicate a personal relationship.

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