An influencer has been sentenced to one year in prison for slamming local customs in a social media vid.
Yass Naubelle was intercepted by Moroccan border authorities on 13 June.
The French-Algerian influencer was placed in police custody just moments before boarding her flight back to her home country France.
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The 30-year-old content creator published a viral video that heavily criticised the local authorities, as reported by Need To Know.
While riding in the back of a taxi, she slammed her holiday experience in Marrakech, Morocco.
She allegedly criticised local law enforcement as well as general driving standards in the North African country.
In the now-deleted video, she said: “I’ve never seen people drive like this.
“It’s super dangerous – cars, mopeds without helmets, with children on board, swerving suddenly.”
When comparing the driving standards to Algeria, she said: “It’s less bad than here.”
She also accused some traffic police officers of stopping women “for nothing” in order to extract money.
The content, which spread rapidly on TikTok where she has 21,000 followers, prompted a national arrest warrant.
Yass, who specialises in beauty, fashion, and travel content and runs her own skincare line, had been visiting Marrakech for three days when the video was made.
She was detained after the Moroccan authorities deemed her clip “defamatory towards Moroccan citizens” and “outraging to the forces of order”.
Yass was placed in police custody “to determine the real motivations behind these criminal acts”.
She was sentenced to one year in prison by the Marrakech Court of First Instance on 22 June.
The influencer has also been ordered to pay a fine of about £162 (MAD 2,000) for defamation, insults to Moroccan citizens, and undermining a public institution.
The ruling was delivered in a flagrant délits (immediate offence) hearing, with the influencer appearing from detention.
She has 10 days to appeal.
Marrakech, a major tourist hub popular with Europeans including many French visitors, has seen occasional swift action against social media criticism of local conditions.
British travellers are advised to exercise caution with posts about services or authorities.
No immediate comment from Naubelle or her representatives has been reported.
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