Filmed in an unauthorized clip by rapper Jul, three racing car drivers licensed by the FFSA sentenced

Enlisted for the unauthorized filming of Jul’s “C’est pas la mairie” clip, featuring KVRA, the three young drivers licensed by the French Motorsport Federation were sentenced to suspended prison sentences and suspension. driving license for six months.

Three men who drove cars during the filming of an unauthorized music video by Marseille rapper Jul in Meurthe-et-Moselle in February 2023 were given suspended prison sentences by the Nancy Criminal Court on Friday December 15. Licensed by the French Motorsport Federation (FFSA), these three drivers aged around twenty were being prosecuted for “motorized rodeos“, “endangering the lives of others” And “lack of insurance“.

They were released for the acts of “rodeo” and sentenced for the other acts to respectively suspended prison sentences of three, four and six months as well as a driving license suspension of six months each.

Filmed for the clip “C’est pas la Mairie” by Jul and KVRA

On February 12, they participated in the filming of the clip It’s not the town hall, in a priority district of Toul, a title for which the Marseille rapper Jul, the most listened to artist in France in 2022, had collaborated with the rapper KVRA, originally from this town in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The event brought together more than 500 people.

In this case, the rapper KVRA and one of his friends were sentenced in July by the Nancy criminal court to community service and a fine of 600 euros respectively for having organized the filming of this clip. Heard by the Marseille police, the singer Jul was exonerated in this affair.

Did the pilots know they were taking part in illegal filming?

Concerning the FFSA pilots, the debates focused on the question of “intentionality“: did they know that they were participating in an unauthorized event? Prosecutor Stéphane Javet, who had requested a three-month suspended sentence, the confiscation of vehicles and the suspension of driving licenses, was convinced of this. He stressed that the fact that there was no barrier or signage should have alerted them, especially since the drivers are licensed by the FFSA and therefore signatories to a charter which prohibits them from driving outside closed circuits.

“The decision is unfair“, reacted Me Gautier Abram, lawyer for one of the defendants. “Our clients did not have the information that it was a wild clip and we have all the evidence which shows that they thought they were filming with all the authorizations.“, he argued. “This decision is all the more unpleasant as those who deceived them were fined. Justice did not severely condemn the good ones !”, he added, referring to the two organizers convicted in July.