Overview
- Mass celebrations after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League win turned violent and included arson, clashes with police and hundreds of arrests during unrest in the capital.
- A widely shared clip shows a young man appearing to smash a statue believed to be Joan of Arc and became a focus of online attention.
- Social media users rapidly claimed the person in the clip was Algerian singer Khaled’s son, a claim repeated across platforms without sourcing.
- Multiple news outlets and fact-checkers report there is no independent or official verification of the man’s identity and Khaled had not commented.
- The episode produced racist and abusive reactions online and highlights how viral content can spread misattribution that may impede police investigations and harm individuals.