Music star, Koffi Olomide, a Congolese singer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after a court in France convicted him of holding his female dancers against their will.
Koffi was also being charged with performing sexual assault on the same dancers.
The musician was sentenced by the Versailles Court in France on Monday, December 13, 2021, as he was also cleared of the rape allegations leveled against him.
It was gathered that in 2019, Koffi was found guilty of sexual assault and abducting his dancers in 2002 and 2006 at his home. perpetuated between 2002 and 2006 in Paris. The dancers alleged that he had assaulted them in his villa in Asnières, a town in the Paris region, in his car and sometimes in recording studios.
During the ruling, Koffi was charged to pay Sh1.2 million ($10,000) each to the three women, as he was cleared of the rape charge leveled against him.
The court vindicated him of the rape allegations because of the conflicting evidence submitted.
But while responding, the counsels to the ladies said his clients are left in the lurch with the ruling after the rape charges were dropped.
Explaining, he said, “They will be disappointed with the sexual assault verdicts because for them it was the most important thing.”
In 2016, the music star was reportedly deported from Kenya after he was caught on camera molesting a young female.
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