Moroccan Journalist Denies Involvement in "Hamza mon bb" Social Media Scandal

"To clarify things, I do not know Aicha Ayach and I have no connection with her. Moreover, the police are able to have all the necessary elements to prove my words," reacted Simo Benbachir, on his Instagram account.

Extradited from the United Arab Emirates, and considered as the key to the "Hamza mon bb" case, the stylist Aicha Ayach had been referred, last Friday, before the public prosecutor’s office in Marrakech. She told the investigators that the journalist Simo Benbachir and Ibtissam Batma would be the main administrators of the Hamza mon bb account, which disseminated on social networks false allegations, defamation and invasion of privacy of several people.

The "Hamza mon bb" case involves several people accused of defamation, blackmail and invasion of privacy. Several of them have already been convicted by the courts and others, like the singer Dounia and her sister Ibitissam Batma, are awaiting their fate.