French prosecutors seek rape trial for PSG football star Achraf Hakimi
The Nanterre prosecutor's office told AFP that they had requested that the investigating judge refer the rape charge to the criminal court in the Hauts-de-Seine department.
"It is now up to the investigating magistrate to make a decision within the framework of his order," the prosecutor's office told AFP in a statement.
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