PSG star Achraf Hakimi facing rape charge after ‘inviting woman he met on Instagram back to family home'
Prosecutors have signed a final indictment requesting the 26-year-old to be charged in criminal court.
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If convicted, the Moroccan national faces up to 15 years in prison.
The case stems from an alleged incident on February 25, 2023.
According to Le Parisien, a 24-year-old woman told police she met Hakimi on Instagram in January of that year.
After a month of exchanges, he reportedly ordered her an Uber to his home in Boulogne-Billancourt while his wife and children were away on holiday.
Once inside, the woman claims Hakimi kissed her mouth and breasts through her clothes, despite her protests.
She alleged he then assaulted her without consent.
According to her account, she managed to push him away with her foot before fleeing and texting a friend to pick her up.
She went to a police station the same day to 'make a statement of rape,' though she initially declined to file a formal complaint.
Messages she later provided to investigators reportedly showed her distress following the encounter.
Achraf Hakimi shows what he is made of at PSG training
On March 3, 2023, Hakimi was charged with rape by an investigating judge and placed under judicial supervision after being held in custody.
He has consistently denied the allegations.
The footballer, currently holidaying in Puerto Rico with former teammate Kylian Mbappé, previously claimed the case was a plot against him.
'The truth is that when you are successful and things are going well, you become an easy target for certain people and that taught me that you can't trust many people around you,' Hakimi said this January in a interview.
'They wanted to blackmail me and that's why we filed a complaint and it's going well. The justice system handled things rather well.'
His lawyer, Fanny Colin, slammed the prosecution's latest move.
'These requisitions are incomprehensible and senseless in light of the evidence in the case,' she told Le Parisien.
'It establishes the plaintiff's lies, particularly through the psychological assessments conducted on her.
'Achraf Hakimi and I remain as calm as when the proceedings began.
'If these requests were to be followed, we would obviously pursue all avenues of appeal.'
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