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Algerian Influencer Mahdi B. Jailed Pending Trial Over Video Insulting Paris Police

His summary hearing was pushed to February following a Pharos‑flagged TikTok that triggered an inquiry for insulting a public official.

Overview

  • A Paris court postponed the immediate-appearance hearing to February 27 and ordered his pretrial detention.
  • The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation for outrage against a person holding public authority and assigned it to the capital’s territorial security unit.
  • Police arrested him at the Les Lilas station overnight as he arrived to sign his judicial control, then placed him in custody.
  • The TikTok showed him filming a street check at Châtelet–Les Halles, hurling insults in Arabic and urging an associate to strike an officer.
  • Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez had the footage reported to Pharos, and the 29-year-old—previously convicted for advocating terrorism and under an OQTF that could not be executed due to Algeria’s refusal of travel documents—was already under residence assignment.