PARIS - Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has once again been arrested on a rape allegation in France, where he is already charged with rape.

French authorities arrested Lamjarred on Monday morning in Saint-Tropez in southeastern France after receiving a new complaint from another alleged victim.

Quoting a French prosecutor, Inquirer.net confirmed his arrest. However, the prosecutor’s office has not given any details on the arrest and allegation.

Lamjarred is already facing rape charges in France; he was arrested on October 26, 2016, for the sexual assault of a woman named Laura Prioul.

French authorities temporarily released the artist on bail under electronic surveillance on April 13, 2017, after he spent nearly six months at the Marriott Champs Elysées in Paris pending his trial.

Since his release on bail, the 33-year-old artist has returned to Morocco twice. In May, the French court allowed him to spend the holy month of Ramadan in the kingdom. He even filmed two of his new popular songs in Morocco: “Ghazali” and “Casablanca.”

Lamjarred denied Prioul’s allegations against him. Dozens of Moroccan and international singers expressed sympathy and solidarity with the singer, including Emirati star Ahlam and Moroccan singer Asma El Mnawar.

Lamjarred also faced a rape charge in the United States. A woman told the American daily, New York Post in May 2016 that the Moroccan singer sexually assaulted her in a New York apartment in 2010.

However, Lamjarred left the US on bail, and the prosecutor later dropped the charges when the woman withdrew her complaint due to a settlement.

Lamjarred is well known in the Arab pop music scene. His video “Lm3allem” has over 650 million views on YouTube. - Agencies