At 75, actress Firmine Richard came to testify before the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, while her only son, Keneff, is accused of murder. She denounces the influence of social networks.
On April 11, 2021 in Pantin, the lives of actress Firmine Richard and her son, Keneff, were turned upside down. That day, the latter stabbed a certain Madani Touré several times. Nearly two years later, he was tried before the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, and his mother was invited to testify on the day when everything changed. Keneff is described as “addicted”especially on social networks, on which he will come across scabrous montages featuring the one who always calls “my mom”explain The Parisian in its February 7 issue.
A boy addicted to social networks and an absent mother
For her part, the actress refuses to file a complaint until her son is weaned, adds the daily. But it’s already too late. Because on April 11, live on the Bigo Live streaming site, it comes to blows with the victim. Facing the judges and the lawyer for the Touré family, Firmine Richard remembers that Keneff came back in the early morning, his face bloody, says that he “defended”. Facing him, his mother, who refuses to confirm having tried to conceal the murder weapon: “I washed it [le couteau, ndlr], I put it in my garden. I couldn’t see him anymore. I didn’t throw it away. Not for a moment did I think that this gentleman was dead. I can tell you 25 times if you want sir.” addressing the president of the court.
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Firmine Richard at the bedside of her son in prison
This trial is also that of a family. The mother, Firmine, torn between her many shootings, entrusts her son to his grandmother, while the father denies any involvement in his drift and his fatal addiction: “I knew how to raise my son…I don’t know where that came from,” he says at the bar about the violence shown by Keneff Leuva. A father absent until prison where he refuses to see his child there. Firmine Richard goes there every month: “I know my son is maturing. I know he’s not a killer.“ On the second day of this highly publicized trial, the courtroom is faced with a family heartbreak that seems not to have revealed all its secrets.
