French pop big Aya Nakamura was fined 10,000 euros ($10,600) on Thursday and her former associate Vladimir Boudnikoff 5,000 euros, over a dispute wherein the pair got here to blows in August 2022.
Neither the defendants nor their attorneys attended the prison courtroom in Bobigny, in Paris’ northeastern suburbs, for the sentencing listening to.
Both of their attorneys stated they might take into account interesting the choice.
During earlier hearings, the previous couple described their battle on the evening of August 6-7, 2022, boiling over due to jealousy over Boudnikoff’s invitation — with out Nakamura — to a marriage that was additionally attended by an ex-girlfriend of his.
At their dwelling in Rosny-sous-Bois, the place they lived on the time with their toddler daughter, the pair yelled, hurled objects and struck one another of their basement music studio.
“He got angrier and angrier, held me tight, trying to calm me down in his own way,” Nakamura stated.
For her half, she knocked Boudnikoff off-balance with a slap and he fell to the ground.
Boudnikoff acknowledged that he had misplaced management when Nakamura returned to their dwelling with two male buddies later the identical evening to retrieve a few of her belongings.
He stated he was afraid of the lads and threatened them with a duplicate weapon.
The couple say they’re now separated however have saved up relations for his or her daughter’s sake.
Born Aya Danioko in Mali, Nakamura is among the biggest-selling francophone artists on this planet, together with her 2018 sensation “Djadja” racking up over 900 million views on YouTube.
She has been hailed for rapping and singing about ladies’s empowerment and black id, mixing French, slang, Arabic and her household’s native Bambara language.
Her newest album, named DNK for the consonants of her household identify, was launched final month.
Boudnikoff, a producer, directed one in all Nakamura’s movies for her music “Pookie”, which has racked up 338 million views on YouTube since its 2019 launch.
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