Magali Berdah is due to appear Monday afternoon before the Nice Criminal Court for bankruptcy and money laundering when she was an insurance broker around ten years ago, before she became the “popess of influencers”. This figure from the world of social networks, already present as a victim in several cyberharassment proceedings, will this time be on the dock, alongside three former colleagues.
The procedure concerns his management of the insurance brokerage company BA & CO between January 30, 2014 and July 31, 2015, the day after the judicial liquidation of the company with liabilities estimated at nearly 2.5 million euros, according to the Nice public prosecutor’s office. In an interview with the regional daily Nice Matin on Friday, she ensures that she is only a “simple employee” of the company and that she has gained nothing from the bankruptcy. Placed in police custody a year ago in this case, she has since been under judicial supervision, with a ban on managing a business and a reporting obligation.
Serene “on the judicial level”, not on her security
After this first business, in 2017 she created the Shauna Events agency, specializing in connecting social media personalities and brands, which earned her the nickname “high priestess of influencers” and made her a target of rapper Booba in his crusade against “influvoleurs”. The rapper accused her of deceptive business practices, she responded by filing a complaint. The investigation launched against her was dismissed, while Booba was indicted a year ago for aggravated online moral harassment.
In March, 28 Internet users were convicted following a trial which revealed the virulence of the tens of thousands of messages she received: “Dirty female dog”, “scammer”, “we will come and cut your throat at your place », “you deserve to be decapitated and stoned”, “let your daughter die”… A Nice MorningMagali Berdah assured to be calm “on the legal level” before the trial on Monday, but not for her safety: “People call me on social networks to tell me that they will be in Nice that day, that ‘They will wait for me in court…’