A RAPPER who allegedly kidnapped and battered a teenage fan trying to take a snap of him has been charged.
Zola, whose music has amassed millions of listeners, is being held in pre-trial detention with three others for kidnapping and aggravated violence.
The full charges include unauthorised possession of a weapon, property damage, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and theft.
The violent assaults reportedly took place in the rapper’s home in Le Pin Seine-et-Marne.
Prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier said a group of fans showed up on November 6 hoping to grab a quick snap of the star.
He claims a “hooded and clearly armed” man then emerged from the property causing the fans to flee.
According to Mr Bladier, one of them, who remained at the scene, was “immediately subjected to violence” by the rapper.
He alleged the victim was held captive in Zola’s home where he was punched, kicked, insulted and verbally threatened.
The victim was then “forced to undress” before his clothes were set on fire.
Zola and his entourage then allegedly launched a savage beating, even putting a handgun in his mouth, according to the account.
Mr Bladier claimed the musician “mentioned the victim’s ethnicity” and told him not to fear for his life “since they didn’t want to go to prison for a white guy”.
Before it was over, the group allegedly stole his phone and bank card – a grim end to a two-hour ordeal.
Zola and the thugs then allegedly marched the terrified fan back to his vandalised vehicle, its tyres slashed and mirror smashed, and warned him not to go to the police.
According to reports, the victim took refuge with family members living nearby and was signed off work for six days because of his injuries.
It’s understood he was signed off for another 35 days due to mental distress.
It comes as the wife of a popular rapper has been jailed in Russia after being found guilty of killing and dismembering her husband.
Marina Kokhal, 41, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison, for hacking her partner’s corpse and shoving his body parts in a washing machine.
Ukrainian-born singer Andy Cartwright, whose real name is Alexander Yushko, was killed in 2021 from a suspected insulin injection.
Kokhal quickly became the primary suspect and was accused by detectives of “drinking her dead husband’s blood and having sex with his corpse”.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15532821/rapper-kidnaps-beats-teen-fan/
