Liberia President George Weah’s Son Arrested

George Weah Jr, the son of Liberia’s president George Opong Weah, has been arrested by the police over charges of public disorder following a house party in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to French media.

Reports claim the younger Weah was brought before the judicial court in Versailles just outside Paris on Tuesday, March 18.

The court has placed him under judicial supervision pending his hearing scheduled for 9th of May for disturbing the peace and “sound aggression”.

The son of the former PSG and AC Milan star is accused of having organised several noisy parties at his home in Saint-Germain-en-Laye since the first confinement in France, which began on the 17th of March 2020.

According to French media, the 33-year-old invoked his diplomatic passport and immunity every time the police intervened.

Being brought into custody suggests that Weah Jr will not be afforded diplomatic immunity, although the French public prosecutor has not confirmed this.