France places Saad Lamjarred in pretrial detention

Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred was placed in pretrial detention Tuesday by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal. The decision was taken after the prosecutor's office appealed against putting him under judicial supervision, reports Radio France International.

Indicted for «rape», the Moroccan pop star was arrested on August 26 in Saint-Tropez after a young French woman lodged a complaint against him. The Liberty and Detention judge then placed him under judicial supervision, prohibiting him from leaving the country, and confiscating his passport.

It is not the first time that Lamjarred faces similar accusations. In October 2016, the singer was arrested in Paris for allegedly «raping» and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman.

While awaiting trial, Saad Lamjarred remained incarcerated until April 2017, when he was released by the Paris Court of Appeal on the condition of wearing an electronic bracelet. In March, he was authorized to travel to Morocco to promote his song «Ghazali Ghazali».

For the record, Lamjarred was indicted for rape on April 11, 2017, after a French-Moroccan woman claimed that he had beaten and sexually assaulted her in Casablanca in 2015.