The influencer of the "most expensive divorce in Morocco" in prison

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The influencer of the "most expensive divorce in Morocco" in prison

The justice system ordered on Thursday the provisional detention of the influencer Soukayna Benjeloun in Casablanca. Known on social networks for having publicized what has been described as the "most expensive divorce in Morocco", she is the subject of legal proceedings initiated by her former husband.

The prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of Aïn Sebaâ decided his immediate transfer to the local prison of Oukacha. This deprivation of liberty measure follows a complaint for defamation filed by her ex-husband, a procedure that led to her appearance before the justice system in the evening.

The influencer had sparked a strong controversy by exposing the details of her private life and marital conflicts on the Internet, openly addressing the disputes concerning property, money and children. This public airing echoed a previous decision of the family court, which had ordered the ex-husband to pay her the sum of 720,000 dirhams. This amount included 700,000 dirhams for the divorce pension and 20,000 dirhams for housing, a judgment that had earned him his media nickname.