Prosecutors in Paris say the participant was indicted by a choose and positioned underneath judicial supervision.
Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has been charged with rape, French prosecutors have mentioned.
The prosecutor’s workplace within the Paris suburb of Nanterre mentioned Hakimi was questioned on Thursday by investigators probing rape allegations. He was then indicted by an investigating choose and positioned underneath judicial supervision.
Hakimi, 24, is prohibited from contacting the alleged sufferer, a 24-year-old lady who says she was raped by Hakimi on Saturday at his house in a Paris suburb. Hakimi is allowed to go away French territory, prosecutors mentioned.
The Madrid-born defender helped Morocco make World Cup historical past final yr by changing into the primary African workforce to achieve the match’s semifinals. He was seen coaching with PSG on Friday.
Prosecutors opened their preliminary investigation on Monday.
Below French legislation, being charged doesn’t essentially imply the case will go to trial.
Rachel Flore Pardo, the lawyer for the alleged sufferer, instructed the AFP information company, “My shopper maintains all the pieces that she mentioned. She made the selection to talk completely to prosecutors and doesn’t need the affair to turn out to be a media subject, primarily to guard her security.”
A PSG spokesman mentioned the membership “provides its help” to Hakimi and “locations its belief within the justice system”.
The participant’s lawyer Fanny Colin mentioned Hakimi “firmly denies all of the accusations in opposition to him” and that he was the sufferer of “an tried racket”.
She mentioned Hakimi welcomed the cost laid in opposition to him as a result of “he lastly has the chance to defend himself”.
Hakimi appeared on stage on the FIFA Awards in Paris on Monday. He was honoured as a part of the player-voted males’s all-star workforce and was greeted by transient, loud applause when launched.
Hakimi got here by way of the youth system at Actual Madrid earlier than becoming a member of Bundesliga aspect Borussia Dortmund in 2018. He went on to make 73 appearances for the German membership.
He moved to Inter Milan in 2020 after which on to PSG in 2021 the place he has established himself as an integral a part of the workforce and has struck up a detailed friendship with star ahead Kylian Mbappe.
