On the night of 5 July, police arrested Radi and his colleague at Le Desk, Imad Stitou, were taken into police custody after an altercation with a cameraman from Chouf TV, a sensationalist Moroccan media agency, who—according to Le Desk—had been following Radi since 25 June and had come to harass them.[1][32][33][34] According to a spokesperson for the General Directorate for National Security, Radi was taken into custody for "public drunkenness and violence."[5] Both journalists were detained overnight and released on 6 June, pending an investigation into allegations of "public intoxication, violence, insult, and filming without permission," according to court documents.[34]