“I tried to defend myself”… The son of actress Firmine Richard tried for murder

At the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis,

The president of the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, Charles Andor Fogarassy, ​​warns the public present in the room. “Given the circumstances in which the events took place, I do not want people to be able to use their telephone here and have this hearing filmed,” said the magistrate. It must be said that in the case which has been tried since this Friday, everything revolves around social networks. The victim and the accused, friends in the past, had a night on the live video application Bigo Live before meeting in Pantin. In the early morning of April 11, 2021, hundreds of Internet users then heard live Mamadi T., alias “Moussa VR6”, scream in terror as he was stabbed by Keneff Leauva.

Light gray vest, white shirt, blue jeans, this 40-year-old man, who was appearing for murder, assures us that he had no intention of killing him. “I tried to defend myself”, swears the one who is the son of actress Firmine Richard, known for her roles in the films Romuald and Juliet, eight women, The first star or The Profs 2. “The blows, I carried them when I was eating blows. Keneff hasn’t had his mother’s career success. Born in Guadeloupe, this turbulent child followed him to France to escape the excessive violence of his father. As an adult, he continues to live with her, converts to Islam and does odd jobs: pizza delivery, host in a phone store, Uber driver.

“Rooms to clashes”

He is gradually becoming a figure in the small live-streaming community, which migrated to the Bigo Live live video network when the more popular Periscope closed. Keneff is known to create buzz by being aggressive, insulting and threatening towards other users. His disputes with other Internet users sometimes lead him to travel several hundred kilometers to settle accounts with them IRL (“in real life”, in real life). In March 2017, he was even sentenced to one year in prison – and lost a joint – after going to Bordeaux to fight with Julien, alias “Krojuju”, with whom he had argued on Periscope.

Bigo live app screenshot – screenshot

His character, “KeneffLeSeul”, seduces in the “clashes rooms”, these spaces dedicated to spats where the users of the platform reward the virulence of the gladiators of the day in virtual currency. The evening of the facts, it is with Moussa T. that he crosses swords on Bigo live. The two men have been friends but they have fallen out for a few years for a woman’s story. That night, the situation escalates. Tone up. Keneff Leauva would have insulted the father of Moussa T., who died. For the latter, the affront must be washed away. “Hey, you know what? Don’t move, I’m coming! he throws at her before disconnecting.

streaming crime

Led by a friend, also a streamer under the pseudonym of “DZ the real one”, the victim – who was wearing an electronic bracelet on his leg – arrived half an hour later in Pantin, at the foot of Firmine Richard’s home. Convinced that the duo is coming to hit him and broadcast the scene on Bigo live to humiliate him, Keneff Leauva goes downstairs with a kitchen knife hidden in his jacket. Soon, a fight breaks out. “DZ the real” lights a live. Keneff receives a blow to the face which breaks his jaw. He pulls out his gun and retaliates with three stab wounds to the chest. The victim moves away from him, crosses the street and falls. The accused joins her and stabs her twice more, in the legs, before fleeing.

Rescued by a police patrol, Moussa T. was declared dead an hour later. Keneff, he was arrested in the morning at his mother’s house. The actress had recovered the murder weapon which she had cleaned and placed in a shed in her garden. She will be questioned early next week, Monday afternoon, by the court. Many other Bigo live users, “who did not know each other in a real way”, will parade to the bar to testify during the trial, observes President Fogarassy. The verdict is expected on February 10, and Keneff Leauva faces life imprisonment.

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