The family of young Nahel, killed by a police officer in the streets of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), last Tuesday, June 27, filed a complaint with the Paris public prosecutor against the creator of the dedicated support kitty to the official suspected of intentional homicide, as well as to his relatives.
Behind this call for donations, Jean Messiha, personality of the extreme right, and former spokesperson for the presidential campaign of Éric Zemmour. The polemicist is now targeted by the heads of “organized gang scam” and “concealment of this offense”, the lawyer for the mother of the deceased teenager told RMC.
According to Me Yassine Bouzrou, other dishonest practices should be noted: “He publicly and falsely presented Nahel as a repeat offender […] used a photograph of police intervention without authorization”, further detailed the lawyer.
In total, Jean Messiha could have committed three offences, listed by Me Bouzrou on RMC: fraud and misappropriation of police files, for which he faces 5 years in prison and a fine of 300,000 euros, as well as concealment of offense, punishable by the same prison sentence, accompanied by a fine of 375,000 euros.
On Twitter, Jean Messiha announced that the kitty, which brought together 1.5 million euros, would be closed this Tuesday at midnight. A decision that does not escape the fallout from the unpopularity of this call for donations, which Elisabeth Borne did not consider conducive to appeasement. This Tuesday, July 4, two left-wing parliamentarians also initiated proceedings to obtain its closure: Mathilde Panot, head of the LFI deputies in the hemicycle, and Arthur Delaporte, PS deputy from Calvados.
The two MPs believe that such an initiative may constitute incitement to hatred, and may cause a “serious risk of disturbing public order given the particularly volatile context in the country”.
