Samy Naceri

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Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French actor, known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code (La Mentale).

He was born Saïd Naceri to an Algerian father and French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil.

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[edit] Criminality

Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants.[1] [2] [3] [4]

In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a trendy Paris restaurant.[5] The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail.[6] He was released in February 2006. Then, in December 2006 he was imprisoned for racially abusing police officers.[7], and in January 2007 he was accused of attempted murder after stabbing a security guard in Aix-en-Provence.

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  1. ^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Les nouvelles frasques de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 17644, jeudi 3 mai 2001, p. 16
  2. ^ Philippe DU TANNEY, Sami Naceri condamné pour injures, dans Le Figaro, no. 17668, jeudi 31 mai 2001, p. 11
  3. ^ Philippe du TANNEY, Le timide repentir de Samy Naceri, in Le Figaro, no. 18071, samedi 14 septembre 2002, p. 10
  4. ^ Associated Press, Samy Naceri à l'amende, in Le Monde, samedi 12 octobre 2002
  5. ^ Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Samy l'embrouille a encore frappé, in Le Point, jeudi 1er décembre 2005, p. 82.
  6. ^ Le Monde, lundi 28 novembre 2005, p. 8
  7. ^ BBC NEWS | World | Europe | French actor jailed over insults

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