2023-03-03
The Moroccan defender of the Paris Saint-Germain, Achrafi Hakimiwas formally charged with rape, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said this Friday when contacted by AFP.
The 24-year-old player appeared on Thursday before Hautes-de-Seine Territorial Security investigators, following which he was charged by an investigating judge and placed under judicial control.
A woman, also 24, accuses him of raping her last Saturday at her home in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the western outskirts of Paris.
His judicial control prevents him from contacting the young woman, the prosecution specifies. Instead he is authorized to leave French territory. The preliminary investigation, opened on Monday by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office, is now in the hands of an investigating judge.
When contacted by AFP, the lawyer on the side, Fanny Colin, was not available. On Tuesday he assured the newspaper The Parisian that the accusations were “false” and that Judge “serene” was placed “at the disposal of justice.”
For her part, the woman testified before investigators on Wednesday, according to sources close to the case. “We take note of the accusation,” her lawyer told AFP. Rachel Flore Pardo. “My client maintains all her statements. She has chosen to express herself only before the courts and does not want to make the case public, especially to preserve her safety, ”she continued.
Contact via Instagram
The young woman went to a Val-de-Marne police station on Sunday, where she declared that she had been raped without filing a complaint.
According to a police source, he recounted having met Judge in January on the Instagram social network and having gone to his house on Saturday.
Once at the home, the young woman declared that the Moroccan kissed her and touched her without her consent, before raping her, added the police source. After managing to get the soccer player away, she maintained that a friend of hers, whom she contacted by text message, went looking for her.
PSG message
This Friday Judge was present at training PSG, according to an AFP journalist. The club, when contacted, declined to comment at this time.
However, the Parisian entity has already shown support for its footballer at all times. “The club supports the player, who has strongly denied the accusations and trusts the justice system. Paris Saint-Germain is an institution that promotes respect on and off the pitch.”
In the publication of the medical part of the PSG ahead of the match once morest Nantesthe team has announced that, following the return of Judge to training this Friday, his “return to competition is scheduled for next week”.
