Doudou Cross Bitumen o The legend of motocross. Both nicknames are recurring to refer to Abdoulaye N., a 39-year-old French subject from the French commune of Saint-Denis.
The man caught the media eye for his notable impact on social networks, being one of the best-known faces in the world of streetworkout in Francealso known as calisthenics. But now, his life has taken a radical turn: has been arrested for the robbery of the Louvre Museum.
In his role as influencerstarted in the 2000s, the man has accumulated more than 700,000 followers on social networks. Bring together this astronomical figure thanks to thematic videos fitnessbut also by others where it appears performing stunts with a motorcycle or traveling through the most humble neighborhoods of the French country. That is already past.
A few years ago he left behind that reckless stage of motocross, with its motto that has endured over time: “Always closer to the asphalt”, to focus on outdoor exercise or even giving motorcycle lessons to the children of his neighborhood.
He is now under the control of the French authorities for his alleged involvement in the theft of Napoleonic jewels located in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre Museum.
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Doudou cross bitumen, one of the thieves in prison, that’s it.
A nickel-plated foot, which has 11K followers on TikTok.
The 2 people in prison said “we didn’t think the museum was open on Sunday”, uh.
It’s unspeakably amateurish. pic.twitter.com/CXuFw3ID9i— Matthys (@poubellelounet2) November 7, 2025
Abdoulaye was arrested on October 29 and charged with “organized robbery” and “unlawful association.” According to the French newspaper The Parisian, The authorities consider that He was one of two men who used a lifting crane to enter the room that guarded the Napoleonic jewels. The loot, estimated at 88 million euros, remains unknown.
Doudou is known to the French authorities for his extensive criminal history. The French media assure that this man registers criminal record for 15 crimesamong which drug trafficking or reckless driving stand out, infractions far from a robbery of such magnitude as the one he allegedly perpetrated.
He influencer He was arrested by the Paris Anti-Gang Brigade. Doudou, father of a family, he seemed surprised when the agents placed the shackles on him. At first, he did not collaborate with the police and remained silent. But later, he spoke.
He admitted having participated in the robbery of jewels from the Louvre on October 19. The subject said he had participated under “orders of unidentified people,” as published The Parisian.
This version of events fits with that provided by other members of the organization such as Ayed G.the other man accused of having accessed the Apolo Gallery. This 34-year-old man mentioned the involvement of a man of foreign origin, who would be the brain of the blow.
Ayed G. himself told the Parisian agents that “I didn’t know he was robbing the Louvre”. I thought it was just another museum, “close to the pyramid.” The other, the influencer fitness, I thought that “I was entering a closed building and empty of visitors because it is Sunday”.
Investigators are surprised by the bizarre profile of these two individuals related to a robbery of such impact. Such is the astonishment that they could not believe the amount of genetic material left at the looting scenesuch as footprints or hair.
The authorities consider that this couple of thieves They are not the intellectual authors of the blow, but rather two pawns. The Police continue with the open investigation, trying to find out if behind this great theft is organized crime, an art trafficking network or a combination of both.
Criminal past of the ‘influencer’
Abdoulaye, born in 1986, He was arrested for the first time at the age of 16 for drug possession.. When he came of age, he adopted the nickname Doudou, thus becoming a well-known figure on networks for his motocross videos.
During these years behind the wheel, accumulated several sentences for driving without a license, endangering other drivers and pedestrians, run away after causing an accident and resist and disobey authorities.
He even went to prison. On May 31, 2014, he and two other individuals broke into a jewelry store in Barbés, a neighborhood located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, where they stole several pieces of jewelry. They fled on several camouflaged motorcycles with false car license plates.
Although “it was a small theft”, due to the low value of the stolen objects, He was sentenced to three years in prison. And it is striking that one of the men who accompanied him in said robbery was Slimane K.who has participated with Doudou in the robbery of the Louvre Museum.
This 37-year-old man was arrested for his involvement in the theft of jewelry from having stayed out of the gallery and later drive the getaway vehicle.
Former museum guard
The life of Abdoulaye N. It has been a carousel of emotions. His criminal history, his stay in prison, his past as influencer… And he has also had precarious jobs. He was an order picker at Toys R Us, a warehouse operator at UPS and even security guard at the Pompidou Center in Paris.
He also had a romantic relationship with a young woman and a complex childhood. The Frenchman is the son of a father who had 23 children with three different women. When he retired, he moved to Mali. His mother lives in Saint-Denis. He dropped out of school at the age of 14.
Upon leaving prison for the three-year sentence, Doudou He returned to the labor market, thanks to a temporary employment company. But the problems returned. In 2019, he became involved in a new court case. The management company of the parking lot where he worked suffered a robbery and Doudou was accused of it. Finally, and after five years of investigation, they ruled out the involvement of the man who made his big hit on October 19.