Rapper Yuz Boy under investigation for rape complaint

2023-06-01 14:15:25

Yuz Boy, here in his “Airbag” clip, is the subject of a rape complaint.

JUSTICE – Rapper Yuz Boy, who has just won the second season of the rap competition New school broadcast on Netflix, is being investigated after a rape complaint was filed, the HuffPost this Thursday, June 1, confirming information from BFM TV.

The continuous news channel specifies that this complaint was filed in August 2022 by a 26-year-old young woman, who wishes to be called Capucine. She would have been the victim of a first rape at the end of 2020. During a consented anal intercourse, she would have indicated to Yuz Boy, whose real name Youssouf Keita, was in pain.

“I tried to push him away with my hand and asked him orally to stop in a clear way” what he would not have done, she would have told the police, indicates BFMTV. The 24-year-old artist would later defend himself, saying he didn’t hear her request.

” I said nothing “

She would have been the victim of another rape during an evening in February 2021, in an elevator. After kissing her, he allegedly lowered her panties and forced her to have sex without her consent and without a condom. Capucine was heavily drunk that night. “I did not struggle because I was surprised”is it written in the complaint of which BFMTV has knowledge.

The young woman recounts having suffered a third attack in March 2021. Yuz Boy would have tried to kiss her, but she would have pushed him away. After watching a movie and drinking alcohol, he allegedly tried to have sex again and took off her clothes. Despite her protests, he would have continued.

“During the act I did not move, I did not shout. I said nothing “, she says in the report. A few weeks later, she would have discovered to be pregnant and would have undergone a voluntary intervention of pregnancy. It was only more than a year later that she filed a complaint. After being “out of denial “, explains Capucine.

The rapper denies the facts

Contacted by BFMTV, Yuz Boy’s lawyer assures that the rapper denies the facts. “He has nothing to reproach himself for and does not know what it is about. If there is an investigation, my client will be at the disposal of the investigators,” said master Alissia Dexet.

For its part, Netflix would not have become aware of the existence of this complaint until a few hours before the broadcast of the last episode of New school. “We do a lot of work when selecting candidates to make sure there are no problematic things, especially with criminal records or tweets. This was not the case. We had no reason to doubt their morality,” provided the platform for the news channel.

On Wednesday, Yuz Boy was not present at the Netflix party to celebrate his victory. Capucine, for her part, claims to have contacted the rapper again to ask him for an explanation. In this recorded conversation, listened to by BFMTV, the interlocutor said to be ” Sorry “« take responsibility for one’s wrongs” and want ” apologize “.

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