The Egyptian Court of Cassation rejected actress Menna Shalaby’s appeal against the ruling that imposed her one-year suspended imprisonment and fined her 10,000 pounds, on charges of possessing and using the drug hashish, supporting Judgment Issued by the Cairo Criminal Court In January 2023.
After the Court of Cassation issued the ruling today, Thursday, May 23, Muhammad Bahaa Abu Shaqa, Menna Shalabi’s lawyer, said that the ruling “is equivalent to acquittal after the decision to suspend the implementation of imprisonment for a year,” noting that the fine was paid immediately.
The incident dates back to November 25, 2022, when The authorities arrested him at Cairo Airport Unauthorized material with Upon her return from travel, Shalabi was transferred to the Public Prosecution, which released her on the same day pending investigations.
The 41-year-old artist was referred to trial on December 21 of the same year, on charges of possessing narcotic substances for the purpose of consumption, based on the testimony of 5 airport workers, who confirmed that prohibited substances were found in her luggage during the completion of customs procedures.
And it was Her lawyer sought her acquittal of the charges against her Based on the fact that the baggage search operation took place in her absence, and that the security authorities at the airport provided the prosecution with only one camera recording, confirming that his client’s lack of connection to the seized items invalidated the search.
Abu Shaqa pointed out that Shalabi was arrested upon her return from New York because of a box of cosmetics, but she was surprised that she was charged with possession of narcotic drugs.
On the other hand, the Egyptian star has finished filming her scenes in the movie “Al-Hawa Sultan,” which is expected to be shown later this year, in which she co-stars with Ahmed Dawoud, Ahmed Khaled Saleh, and Sawsan Badr, and whose events take place within a romantic comedy framework.
Shalabi was absent from the 2024 drama, as her last artistic participation dates back to the Ramadan 2023 season, in which she presented the series “Change Joe,” and a year before that. She achieved great success through the series “The Rise of the Soul”.