The right-back of Paris Saint-Germain Achraf Hakimi has been accused of rape, as revealed this Friday by the France Presse agency and the Nanterre Prosecutor's Office (France) has confirmed to EL PAÍS.
Last Monday, the newspaper
Le Parisien
reported that a 24-year-old woman accused the star of the Moroccan team in the last World Cup of a sexual assault that allegedly occurred last Saturday at the footballer's home in Boulonge-Billancourt, near Paris. .
Hakimi, also 24, was questioned on Thursday and released, although subject to judicial control measures: he will not be able to come into contact with the victim.
After learning of the accusations and the preliminary investigation by the Prosecutor's Office on Monday, PSG expressed its support for the right-back born and raised in Spain, one of the pillars of the all-star team in which Messi, Mbappé and Neymar play.
On the same day, a few hours after
Le Parisien
revealed the allegations, Hakimi attended the FIFA gala in Paris, where he was chosen as a member of the eleven.
ideal of 2022.
"The club supports the player, who has firmly denied the accusations and trusts in justice," a PSG source told
Le Parisien
on Tuesday, before the interrogation and indictment.
“PSG is an institution that promotes respect on and off the pitch,” he added.
Hakimi's lawyer, Fanny Colin, then told the same outlet: “The accusations are false.
He is serene and is available for justice.
The indictment does not mean that Hakimi will be prosecuted and maintains the presumption of innocence until, in case of trial, he is convicted.
But, according to French justice, it means that "there are serious or consistent indications."
The woman who accuses the soccer player testified on Wednesday before investigators.
His identity has not been revealed.
Her lawyer, Rachel Pardo, told France Presse: “My client maintains all the statements.
She has decided to express herself exclusively before the courts and she does not want to mediate the issue, especially to preserve her safety.
According to
Le Parisien
, the woman and the soccer player met in January through the Instagram social network.
On Saturday, on the eve of the Olympique de Marseille-PSG match, the woman went to Hakimi's residence in an Uber vehicle ordered by the footballer.
Hakimi, injured, had not traveled to Marseille this weekend with the team.
His wife, actress Hiba Abouk, and her two children, were on vacation in Dubai, as can be seen in Abouk's photos on the Instagram social network.
The Parisian newspaper, based on the statement of the woman who accuses Hakimi, explained that he "lifted up her clothes, kissed her breasts despite her protesting, and she also affirms that the athlete committed penetration with his fingers despite her protests.
The woman then notified a friend by mobile message and her friend went looking for her.
When she went to a police station on Sunday to explain the facts, she gave up filing a complaint, but the Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation on her own foot that has led to the accusation.
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