On Thursday, prosecutors questioned Hakimi following accusations by a 24-year-old woman of rape at the player’s home in Boulogne-Billancourt on February 25.
Prosecutors said that his judicial supervision prevents him from communicating with the girl. However, he is authorized to leave French territory.
The preliminary investigation, which was opened by the public prosecutor’s office in Nanterre on Monday, was entrusted to an investigating judge.
The player’s lawyer, Fanny Colin, did not respond to a call from Agence France-Presse, noting that she confirmed to the newspaper “Le Parisien” on Tuesday that the accusations were “false” and that Hakimi was “calm” and “at the disposal of justice.”
Investigators listened to the young woman on Wednesday, according to informed sources.
“We have taken note of the indictment. My client keeps everything she said. She chose to speak exclusively to justice and does not wish the case to be made public, especially for her own safety,” the plaintiff’s attorney, Rachel Flor Pardot, told AFP.
The victim went to a police station in Val-de-Marne last Sunday to report the incident, but she did not file a complaint.
According to a police source, she said she met Hakimi in January on Instagram and went to his house on Saturday via a car the player had requested to pick her up.
The source added that the victim was informed that Hakimi had kissed and touched her without her consent before raping her. She managed to push him away, and she said a friend, who had reached out to her via text, came to pick her up.
Hakimi, born in Spain, is married to Spanish actress Heba Abouk, and they have two sons.
The two participated in the “Best” awards ceremony organized by FIFA, and he was chosen among the best squad for 2022, hours following the investigation was opened once morest him.
The 24-year-old was one of the main pillars that led Morocco at the end of last year in the World Cup in Qatar to the achievement of becoming the first African and Arab team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, before the adventure ended at the hands of his dear friend, his colleague in Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe, and the French team, the 2018 champion.
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