Overview
- On January 8, a Marseille court sentenced Hammou via CRPC to two months’ suspended prison, a €6,000 fine, and three years’ deprivation of civic rights.
- He was placed in police custody on January 7 after a complaint by Amine Kessaci and a search at his home.
- Investigators say he used a fake Snapchat profile in Kessaci’s name to message a 2nd/3rd arrondissement official about internal party loyalties.
- Kessaci sought one euro in symbolic damages as his lawyer decried the use of his bereavement following his brother’s November 2024 killing.
- Hammou had already been removed as EELV’s Marseille lead and is appealing a December conviction with a 15‑month suspended term for corruption of a minor; his lawyer cited panic over his political standing as he later denied authoring the account while admitting he knew of it.