Paris Saint-Germain's Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi was charged on March 2 with rape, the Nanterre prosecutor's office said.
The 24-year-old PSG player was interviewed by investigators from Hauts-de-Seine Territorial Security, then indicted by an investigating judge and place under judicial control. The following day, March 3, the player was present at PSG training, but he declined to comment.
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A woman, also 24, accuses him of raping her last Saturday at his home in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the western suburbs of Paris. His judicial control prohibits him from contacting the young man, the prosecutor said. However, the player is allowed to leave French territory. The preliminary investigation opened on Monday by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Nanterre is now entrusted to an investigating judge.
The player's lawyer, Me Fanny Colin, guaranteed daily the Parisian that the emotions were “false” and that Achraf Hakimi, “serene”, was “in the there provision of justice.”
On the victim's side, her lawyer, Me Rachel Flore Pardo, took “note of the complaint”. “My client stands by all her statements. She chose to speak exclusively to the courts and does not wish to publicize the case, above all to preserve her safety,” he continued.
A young man went to a Val-de-Marne police station for the first time on Sunday, where he said he had been raped, without filing a complaint.
The player had participated in the gala night organized by FIFA on February 27 at Salle Pleyel, just hours after the revelation about the opening of the investigation against him For violation.
(with AFP)
