While Achraf Hakimi was referred to the criminal court to answer a charge of rape, the name of Kylian Mbappé resurfaces in the case.
Achraf Hakimi is at the heart of the current judiciary. Friday morning, the investigation room of the Versailles Court of Appeal rejected his request for dismissal and confirmed his referral to the Hauts-de-Seine departmental criminal court for response to an accusation of violation.
Currently in the United States with the Moroccan selection for the World Cup, the PSG defense quickly reacted on social networks to protest their innocence. “The court looked me in the eye and said: ‘If you weren’t known, there would never have been a case’… I’ve been waiting for this trial since day one. And now look forward to it. Finally, I will be able to speak”he wrote.
Already heard as a witness during the investigation, Kylian Mbappé should also be called to testify during the trial. This is what Achraf Hakimi’s lawyer, Me Fanny Colin, declared on BFMTV. The captain of the French team, close to the Moroccan player, spoke with him shortly after the alleged facts and was approached by the investigators in order to deliver his version of this conversation.
During his testimony, certain proposals from Kylian Mbappé were interpreted as unfavorable to Hakimi’s defense. The available attacker then provided details, believing that his statements had been misunderstood by the investigating magistrate. Me Fanny Colin also requested that the trial take place publicly, so that “the whole truth be told”.