Ashraf Hakimi’s lawyer said this Friday that the Moroccan international footballer was “the target of an extortion attempt” while Paris Saint-Germain were ready to support their player who was charged with rape.
“In my opinion, the conclusion drawn from the documents held by the judicial police is that Mr. Hakimi was the target of an extortion attempt during this process,” Fanny Colin said in a statement, defending the fact that the accused , “this allows him to finally defend himself.”
PSG’s communications adviser said the club “will support” Hakimi and that he “trusts French justice”, declining to comment further on the case, as did first-team coach Christophe Galtier, who declined to answer any Extrasports questions about Hakimi.
Hakimi, 24, was interrogated and charged with rape by a criminal judge on Thursday as he was subjected to coercive measures, prosecutors in Nanterre, a city in the Paris metropolitan area, said this Friday. by AFP.
The defender is accused by a woman, also 24, of raping her last Saturday at the residence of a Moroccan player in Boulogne-Billancourt, a region located about 10 kilometers from the center of the French capital.
The state ministry said the player was prevented from contacting the alleged rape victim but was not prevented from leaving the country, which the PSG team will have to do next week as they play Bayern Munich in Germany on Wednesday. , in the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.
Hakimi took part in Friday’s training session of the champion and leader of the French league, and Galtier said at a press conference that “the goal is for him to be ready to play in Munich”, in a meeting in which the French team will try to recover from defeat with a score of 1 : 0 incurred in Paris.
The footballer was questioned a day after the woman who accuses him was heard by the French justice system on Wednesday, according to sources close to the trial, after reporting the situation to the police station last Sunday without presenting it immediately. complaint.
“I noted that the complainant refused to file a complaint, to be subjected to the slightest medical or psychological examination and to confront Ashraf Hakimi, although the accusation is based solely on her words,” said Fanny Colin.
Hakimi, a PSG colleague of Portuguese Nuno Mendez, Danilo, Renato Sanches and Vitinha, as well as “superstars” such as Messi, Mbappe and Neymar, is regarded as one of the best right-backs in the world as he was part of the 2022 squad. year set by FIFA.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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