Moroccan international footballer Ashraf Hakimi, defender of Paris Saint-Germain, has been charged with rape, the prosecutor of Nanterre, located in the Paris metropolitan area, who was contacted by AFP, said on Friday.
The French news agency explained that Hakimi, 24, was interrogated on Thursday and subsequently charged by a criminal judge and subjected to coercive measures, which did not prevent him from taking part in PSG training this Friday.
Hakimi 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 French defender 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. Munich, second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.
Contacted by AFP, the French champions have so far declined to comment on the case involving his footballer, as has lawyer Hakimi, despite telling Le Parisien on Tuesday that the allegations were false and that his client was “calm down”.
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.
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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