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Amine Mojito Faces September Trial After Police Find No Real Needle Pricks

He remains in pretrial detention on violence charges, with prosecutors pursuing nationwide investigations into hundreds of alleged syringe pricks at the Fête de la Musique.

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L’influenceur est poursuivi pour «violences avec arme n’ayant pas entraîné d’incapacité de travail».
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L'influenceur Amine Mojito.

Overview

  • A Paris court has postponed Amine Mojito’s trial to September 5 and placed him in pretrial detention on charges of non-incapacitating violence with a weapon.
  • Police analysis of social media footage found that he kept the syringe cap on in all videos, concluding that no actual needle punctures occurred.
  • Mojito, who posted videos on June 20 and June 23 claiming to warn of syringe pricks during the Fête de la Musique, told investigators he intended the stunts as a joke.
  • The Ministry of the Interior recorded 145 reports of alleged syringe attacks during the festival, including 21 in the Île-de-France region, although medical and police teams have struggled to verify actual injections.
  • Authorities continue nationwide investigations into the so-called ‘needle pricks’ phenomenon as they confront challenges in evidence collection and the influence of viral social media stunts by repeat-offender influencers.