TikTok Star’s Partner Arrested: Influencer Poupette Kenza’s Companion Faces Extortion Charges

After Poupette Kenza, it is now her companion’s turn to be indicted for "extortion in an organized gang and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing one or more crimes". Allan Lierhmann was also remanded in custody on Thursday, reports Paris-Normandie. Information confirmed by Hugues Vigier and the Rouen prosecutor’s office the next day. Back in France to explain himself before the courts, the companion of the Instagram and TikTok star was arrested at the airport on Monday, September 23.

The influencer, followed by 1.1 million accounts on Instagram and totaling 1.2 million subscribers on TikTok, had been indicted on Sunday, July 7, 2024 for "attempted extortion in an organized gang" and "criminal conspiracy" by an investigating judge in Rouen. According to the explanations of the public prosecutor, this indictment followed the complaint, on February 23, of a couple who "was the subject of various surveillance (physical, implantation of mini-cameras around their home and GPS beacon placed on their vehicle) and was physically threatened on condition of handing over a sum of 200,000 euros". Poupette Kenza, whose real name is Kenza Benchrif, had been arrested on July 4 near Rouen, according to the prosecutor’s office.

The influencer would have redirected a certain "Amadou" to the couple Walid and Caroline to "pay off his debts" by explaining to him that the woman owed him money. This alleged executor had been arrested during a meeting "scheduled for the handover of the sum of money, while he was carrying a grenade". He had then been indicted for attempted extortion in an organized gang, possession of explosives and criminal conspiracy, and placed in pre-trial detention.