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French Rapper Koba LaD Sentenced to Six Years for Fatal Car Crash

A tribunal annulled his driver’s license for ten years in response to findings that excessive speed under cannabis influence caused the September 2024 collision.

Croquis d’audience du rappeur Koba LaD jugé à Créteil pour homicide involontaire le 25 juin 2025
Le rappeur Koba LaD pose aux côtés de membres présumés de la Black Manjack Family.
Le rappeur Koba LaD, ici en 2019 au festival Solidays, est jugé mercredi 25 juin 2025 pour homicide involontaire aggravé.
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Overview

  • A Créteil court convicted Marcel Junior Loutarila, known as Koba LaD, of aggravated involuntary manslaughter for the September 10, 2024 accident that killed his friend and stylist.
  • Prosecutors had sought seven years; the court imposed a six-year prison term and ordered him to remain in custody.
  • Toxicology reports showed THC in his blood; investigators found he crashed at high speed into a stationary truck on an A86 slip road.
  • During the trial, Koba LaD acknowledged full responsibility, stating “de A à Z, je suis en faute” after offering repeated apologies to the victim’s family.
  • The conviction builds on prior sentences for violence and drug offenses; he is also under investigation for alleged ties to the Mohamed Amra prison escape.