French rapper Timal was arrested east of Paris on Wednesday after posting a video to Snapchat displaying him kicking a canine, police and prosecutors informed AFP.
The clip confirmed the 25-year-old musician, actual title Ruben Louis, kicking one in all his two canine 3 times across the head, and bore the caption “you moron”.
Timal was arrested on Wednesday morning in Champs-sur-Marne and his two canine confiscated, prosecutors in close by Meaux mentioned, including that he confronted costs of “cruelty in the direction of a home animal”.
A number of animal rights teams, together with France’s oldest, the Society for the Safety of Animals (SPA) mentioned they’d filed complaints.
The most recent high-profile animal cruelty case comes after French footballer Kurt Zouma was in June sentenced to 180 hours’ neighborhood service by a British court docket for abusing his cat, which additionally got here to gentle in a viral video.
Timal first broke by means of in February this 12 months with “Filtre” (“Filter”), recorded alongside fellow rapper Gazo and which was primary within the charts for per week in March.
The tune has been performed greater than 52 million occasions on the world’s prime music streaming service Spotify, and virtually the identical variety of occasions on YouTube.
5 days in the past, Timal launched a brand new single, “Cameleon” (“Chameleon”) alongside veteran rapper Booba.
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