Security services in Cairo on Saturday arrested TikTok influencer Hadeer Abdel-Razek and her father inside a residential apartment in New Cairo, on charges of detaining a young man and forcing him to sign a trust receipt under threat.
The First Settlement Police Department received a report stating that a young man was detained inside a residential apartment in New Cairo, and police forces immediately moved to the location of the report.
Upon investigations, it was found that blogger Razek and her father, in addition to the victim who reported the incident, were inside the apartment.
They were immediately arrested, the necessary case was filed on the incident, and they were referred to the Public Prosecution Office to conduct investigations.
Summary of Abdel-Razek’s career and controversies
- Abdel-Razek was born in 1998 to Egyptian parents. She identifies herself on her Facebook page as a social activist, divorced, and with no children.
- She married a man in his fifties who ran a nightclub, separated from him, and appeared in a video disparaging him for allegedly allowing his first wife to assault her and interfere in her affairs.
- Posted controversial videos until a lawyer pursued her with a report to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. After she apologized for the content, thee lawyer dropped the lawsuit.
- She disappeared for a while, and returned again to publish her videos on social media sites to spark controversy – this time landing her in trouble with the police.
- Abdel-Razek publishes videos in which she talks about beauty products, methods of applying makeup, the latest fashion trends, and gives advice to women, and has 1.2 million followers on TikTok.
- She promotes “indecent” content such as lingerie.
- Abdel-Razek sparked controversy over her relationship with a man named Hamdi Ashour, who is younger than her, and was shown appearing with him in bridal clothes.
