PSG star to stand trial on rape charge

Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi will stand trial on a rape charge. This was announced on Tuesday.

Hakimi is Morocco’s captain and one of the most important players for reigning Champions League winners PSG.

The prosecutor’s office in Nanterre had opened an investigation in 2023, after a rape accusation was made against the defender.

“Today, a rape accusation alone is enough to justify a trial, even though I deny it and everything indicates that it is false,” Hakimi wrote.

“I am looking forward to this trial calmly, which will make it possible for the truth to come out publicly.”

At the end of February 2023, a 24-year-old woman went to the police station in Val-de-Marne, where she said she had been raped, but did not file an official complaint. 

“A trial is being ordered solely on the basis of the word of a woman who obstructed all investigations, refused all medical examinations and DNA tests, refused to allow her phone to be examined, and refused to name a key witness,” said Hakimi’s lawyer, Fanny Colin.

According to a source, the plaintiff claimed that the player kissed her, touched her without her consent and then raped her.

Hakimi’s lawyer stated that “two psychological assessments of the victim revealed a lack of clarity regarding the facts she claimed to report.” She also stressed that “she tried to hide from the judicial authorities some messages exchanged with one of her friends, planning to rob Hakimi.”

These claims have been denied by the lawyer for the woman who filed the complaint.