Koffi Olomide jailed for assaulting a minor

Congolese rumba musician, Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, famously known as Koffi Olomide has been jailed for two years after was found guilty of sexually assaulting one of his former female dancers when she was still a minor.

The ruling, which was a two-year suspended jail sentence, was delivered by a court in France in absence of the singer who failed to show up for the trial. The suspended sentence implied the 62-year-old Olomide would be arrested if he commits another offence in the next two years.

The court also handed thehim with KSh 570,000 (US$5,700) fine for damages caused to the ex-dancer he was accused of assaulting. He was ordered to wire the said amount to the victim and also pay similar amount as a fine for allegedly assisting three other women to enter France illegally.

The singer’s trouble with dancers dates back to 2012 when four of his former female employees accused him of sexually assaulting them repeatedly.

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