Achraf Hakimi: PSG player indicted for rape

Paris Saint-Germain defender and Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has been charged with rape, Nanterre’s indictment announced on Friday March 3. This decision, taken by an investigating judge, follows the hearing of the footballer by the investigators of the territorial security of Hauts-de-Seine on Thursday 2 March. He was placed under judicial control, with authorization to leave French territory.

Achraf Hakimi denies the allegations

Monday February 27, The Parisian revealed that right-side Paris Saint-Germain were the subject of a rape inquiry opened by Nanterre’s prosecution. A young 24-year-old woman went to the Nogent-sur-Marne police station in Val-de-Marne on Sunday February 26 to make a ” rape statement without filing a complaint. The following day, Monday 27 February, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office seized itself and announced the opening of a rape investigation against Achraf Hakimi.

Since then, the PSG footballer has denied the allegations en masse, in particular through the voice of his lawyer: ‘The allegations are false’ assured Fanny Colin to our colleagues of Parisian. “He is calm and is at the disposal of justice. » For its part, the Parisian club, contacted by AFP extensionhas so far declined to comment on the matter.

The lawyer of the young woman, Rachel Flore Pardo, for her part has indicated to do so AFP extension Take “indictment”. “My client stands by all of her statements. She has chosen to speak exclusively to justice and does not wish to publicize the case, particularly to preserve her safety.she added.

Accusation, what does it mean?

We recall that an indictment is a decision made by an investigating judge following a hearing (an interrogation). It is therefore not a sentence, Achraf Hakimi remains presumed innocent. The accusation can be decided after the a “person under investigation of a crime and against whom there are serious or corroborating indications” was presented before the same investigating judge.