- Libération reported that Ly was convicted in 2009 of complicity in a kidnapping and sequestration case, for which he received a 3-year sentence. Ly unsuccessfully appealed the ruling in 2012 and served a reduced 2-year prison sentence. The article confirmed that Ladj Ly was convicted of two earlier offenses as well: The first, dating back to 2011, involved a video of police violence in Montfermeil that Ly posted online and to which he added "outrageous commentary." The director received a six-month suspended sentence and a EUR400 ($445) fine. The second was from 2012, when Ly was condemned for "verbal assault and violence against a public official," in this case the mayor of Montfermeil Xavier Lemoine, who Ly and others verbally attacked. [Hollywood Reporter, Dec. 2019].
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