TikTok influencer Amine Mojito was sentenced to twelve months in prison with six months suspended for filming fake needle attacks on strangers. The 27-year-old was convicted of "violence with a weapon not resulting in incapacity to work," as reported in Libération.
Beyond jail time, he received a €1,500 fine and a three-year weapons ban.
At trial, Mojito claimed ignorance, stating he was "in his bubble." He admitted his videos were meant to relaunch his influencer career and promote a fitness program. "I had the very bad idea to do these pranks imitating what I saw on the internet in Spain and Portugal," he told the court. "I didn't think it could hurt people. That's my mistake — I thought about myself, not others." 10
His attorney, Marie Claret de Fleurieu, told Libération that the ru