{"id":233585,"date":"2025-08-02T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/prosecutors-call-for-psgs-achraf-hakimi-to-face-rape-trial\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:45:14","slug":"prosecutors-call-for-psgs-achraf-hakimi-to-face-rape-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/prosecutors-call-for-psgs-achraf-hakimi-to-face-rape-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors Call For PSG\u2019s Achraf Hakimi To Face Rape Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors Call For PSG\u2019s Achraf Hakimi To Face Rape Trial<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>French prosecutors on Friday called for Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi to face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023 which the Moroccan international denies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nanterre prosecutor\u2019s office told AFP that they had requested that the investigating judge refer the rape charge to a criminal court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now up to the investigating magistrate to make a decision within the framework of his order,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office told AFP in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hakimi, 26, played a major role in PSG\u2019s run to their first Champions League title, the full-back scoring the opener in the 5-0 rout of Inter Milan in the final in May.<\/p>\n<p>Hakimi, who helped Morocco to their historic run to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, was charged in March 2023 with raping a 24-year-old woman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_947608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-947608\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-947608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250801__68KL7WE__v1__MidRes__FilesFblL1PsgJusticeWomenAssault-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250801__68KL7WE__v1__MidRes__FilesFblL1PsgJusticeWomenAssault-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250801__68KL7WE__v1__MidRes__FilesFblL1PsgJusticeWomenAssault-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250801__68KL7WE__v1__MidRes__FilesFblL1PsgJusticeWomenAssault-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250801__68KL7WE__v1__MidRes__FilesFblL1PsgJusticeWomenAssault-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-947608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Moroccan defender #02 Achraf Hakimi addresses the audience during a press conference on the eve of Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s second leg semi-final <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/uefa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA <\/a>Champions League match against Arsenal, at the club\u2019s training ground in Poissy, west of Paris, on May 6, 2025.(Photo by FRANCK FIFE \/ AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hakimi allegedly paid for his accuser to travel to his home on February 25, 2023, in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt while his wife and children were away on holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The woman went to a police station following the encounter alleging rape and was questioned by police.<\/p>\n<p>Although the woman refused to make a formal accusation, prosecutors decided to press charges against the player.<\/p>\n<p>She told police at the time that she had met Hakimi in January 2023 on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>On the night in question she said she had travelled to his house in a taxi paid for by Hakimi. She told police Hakimi had started kissing her and making non consensual sexual advances, before raping her, a police source told AFP at the time.<\/p>\n<p>She said she managed to break free to text a friend who came to pick her up.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by AFP after Friday\u2019s development Hakimi\u2019s lawyer Fanny Colin described the call by prosecutors for a trial as \u201cincomprehensible and senseless in light of the case\u2019s elements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, along with Achraf Hakimi, remain as calm as we were at the start of the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these requisitions were to be followed, we would obviously pursue all avenues of appeal,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy client welcomes this news with immense relief,\u201d Rachel-Flore Pardo, the lawyer representing the woman, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Hakimi, born in Madrid, came through the youth system at Real Madrid before joining Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to make 73 appearances for the German club.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Inter Milan in 2020 and then on to PSG in 2021 where he has established himself as an integral part of the team.<\/p>\n<p>In Qatar, Hakimi was a cornerstone of the Morocco team that became the first African or Arab nation to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Achraf Hakimi,PSg<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/08\/01\/prosecutors-call-for-psgs-achraf-hakimi-to-face-rape-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors Call For PSG\u2019s Achraf Hakimi To Face Rape Trial \u00a0 French prosecutors on Friday called for Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi to face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023 which the Moroccan international denies. 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