The boss of the influencer agency Shauna Events has filed a complaint against Twitter and against X for “complicity in aggravated moral harassment” in the case of her conflict with rapper Booba. She denounces the inaction of the social network in her dispute with the rapper.
Magali Berdah, controversial boss of the influencer agency Shauna Events, filed a complaint on Tuesday April 18 against Twitter and against X for “complicity in aggravated moral harassment” in the case of her conflict which opposes her to rapper Booba, a learned Thursday April 20 franceinfo from a source close to the file.
In the complaint filed with the Paris public prosecutor on Tuesday, which franceinfo was able to consult, Magali Berdah believes that “on May 17, 2022, Elie Yaffa, rapper known as Booba, engaged in a cyberbullying campaign” against him “via his Twitter account”.
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According to the complaint, “The Twitter companies are fully aware of the fact that their digital platform is deliberately and daily used by Mr. Yaffa to commit these acts to the detriment of Mrs. Berdah”. “However, in this case, the Twitter companies intentionally continued to provide Mr. Yaffa with their services, refusing to suspend his Twitter account despite the steps taken in this regard and the multiple reports sent”continues the complaint. “It follows (…) that the Twitter companies have been complicit in the aggravated moral harassment of which Mrs. Berdah has been the victim since May 17, 2022”.
A first complaint was filed by Magali Berdah on May 25, 2022 at the police station of the 16th arrondissement of Paris for “defamation”, “threats, including death, and in particular of an anti-Semitic nature”, “anti-Semitic insults”, ” aggravated moral harassment” and “malicious telephone calls”. The National Pole for the Fight against Online Hate (PNLH) of the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation on June 1, 2022.
23 people arrested
Several other investigations have been gradually opened leading to the arrest, to date, of 23 people, 18 of whom have been summoned before the criminal court in the context of various proceedings and one has been indicted in the context of an investigation. judicial.
The Grasse public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation in September 2022 for “organized gang scam” And “deceptive marketing practices” after a complaint by Booba against Shauna Events. In this complaint, the rapper denounced “a complex and organized scam system, centralized by the company” And “fueled by the passivity of social networks and particularly Instagram and Snapshat used by influencers to promote scams”.
Booba has also initiated a more global movement on Twitter, called #Influvoleurs, and has collected testimonials from dozens of consumers who feel they have been deceived by Shauna Events. For example, some complain of having ordered products that they never received or of having received counterfeits.