Pablo was sentenced to twelve years in prison by the Val-de-Marne juvenile assize court for the death of one of his assailants in Thiais in October 2020. The court reclassified the murder charge to voluntary assault without intent to kill, acknowledging that Pablo acted in self-defense against two young men attempting to steal his BMW. During the altercation, Pablo disarmed one attacker and fatally stabbed the other, Mayronn, who had initially threatened him with a knife and injured him. The second attacker, Y., was convicted of armed extortion and received a five-year sentence, with three years suspended. The court rejected claims of legitimate self-defense due to the disproportionate number and intensity of the stab wounds inflicted by Pablo.