Thursday, March 28, 2024

Solange’s Business Partner Brutally Stabbed in New Orleans

Solange Knowles attends the Lanvin show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2015/2016 on March 5, 2015 in Paris, France
Solange Knowles attends the Lanvin show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2015/2016 on March 5, 2015 in Paris, France

*A close friend and business partner of Solange Knowles is in critical condition after being stabbed ten times in New Orleans’ St. Roch area on Wednesday evening (April 8), reports The Times-Picayune.

Arronesia Christophe, 26, was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder after police say she stabbed 24-year-old Armina Mussa outside a home in the 2200 block of N. Derbigny Street.

Mussa is the project director for Solange’s artistic and creative brand Saint Heron and a co-owner of the French Quarter boutique, Exodus Goods.

Christophe told police she was acting in self-defense after Mussa attacked her at a friend’s home. Christophe was first booked with aggravated battery, but due to the severity of Mussa’s injuries, which included a “potentially fatal” neck wound, she was re-booked with the more serious offense.

Solange attended Christophe’s first appearance at Orleans Parish Criminal Court on Thursday afternoon. (Pic below)

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Solange Knowles (right) and a friend at the Orleans Parish Criminal District courthouse on Thursday (April 9). Knowles was at the courthouse for a 3 p.m. hearing for Aaronesia Christophe

Per The Times-Picayune:

According to records filed at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Christophe was arrested at the location of the stabbing about 7:03 p.m. Wednesday by New Orleans Police Officer Dominique Dejernette.

Records show Christophe told Dejernette that she had been attacked by Mussa and was acting in self-defense when she stabbed the woman.

Christophe claimed that she had arrived at a high school friend’s home about 6:45 p.m. when Mussa, who Christophe said was her friend’s ex-girlfriend, came out of the house and began yelling at her to leave, the documents show. Records show Mussa lives at the Derbigny Street home.

Arronesia Christophe, 26, was booked on charges of attempted second-degree murder after police say she attacked and stabbed 24-year-old Armina Mussa 10 times outside a home in the 2200 block of N. Derbigny Street
Arronesia Christophe, 26, was booked on charges of attempted second-degree murder after police say she attacked and stabbed 24-year-old Armina Mussa 10 times outside a home in the 2200 block of N. Derbigny Street

Christophe reportedly said, “We’re just friends, why do I have to leave?” Records show Christophe said she then grabbed a small folding knife from the center console of her car and told Mussa to “get back,” and to “please back away,” but claimed Mussa continued to yell at her.

Mussa then began punching Christophe, the arrested woman told police. Christophe said she was being pulled by her hair to the ground when she began swinging her knife at Mussa, who she claims continued to punch her.

“(Christophe) stated she did not think she had stabbed the victim due to the harder thrown punches that she received from the victim,” Dejernette wrote in her report.

Christophe said she finally stopped swinging the knife when Mussa stepped back and said, “you stabbed me,” records show. After police were called, Christophe stayed on the scene and remained on the phone with a 911 dispatcher until the officers arrived, the record says.

Mussa was rushed to an area hospital where she underwent multiple surgeries and remains in critical condition, records show. Efforts to reach family members were not immediately successful.

A representative for Knowles said Friday that the singer had no comment but confirmed that she was not in New Orleans at the time of the incident. Knowles was in Los Angeles where she was scheduled to DJ at an event during the Coachella festival but cancelled and immediately flew back so she could be with Mussa and her family, the rep said.

Christophe, who records show works as an “Executive Team Lead” at Target, remains jailed at the Orleans Parish Prison on a $50,000 bond.

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