Kylian Mbappé is the target of an investigation by the Swedish police for “rape and sexual assault” after his visit last week to Stockholm, the daily Expressen said on Monday after the French star previously denounced a “fake news”. According to the Swedish newspaper, the French attacker is considered “reasonably suspicious” in this investigation, the lowest level of suspicion provided for by Swedish legislation.
Asked if they were aware of a complaint against Mbappé, those around him answered “no” to AFP. The Real Madrid super star said he was the victim of “fake news” earlier this Monday following an article in another Swedish daily, Aftonbladet, claiming that a rape investigation had been opened, without mentioning any person targeted.
The Stockholm police wanted to “neither confirm nor deny”
“FAKE NEWS!!!! It becomes so predictable, audience watch as if by chanced”, protested the Real Madrid player on the social network which opposes him to Paris SG The former Parisian striker is demanding 55 million euros in unpaid salaries and other bonuses from his former club.
According to The evening paperMbappé was on Thursday evening with a group of people at the Chez Jolie restaurant, an establishment in the Swedish capital, before going to the “V” club where they met other people. The rape was allegedly committed on Thursday evening.in central Stockholm“, according to a complaint that Aftonbladet claims to have viewed. “The police took up the complaint on Saturday after the woman sought treatment.added Aftonbladet. “An investigation is underway into a crime that was reported on October 10 in central Stockholm“, the prosecutor in charge of the case told AFP without giving further details.
Also contacted by AFP, the Stockholm police did not wish “neither confirm nor deny“this information.”In general, if we have received a complaint and decided to conduct interviews and we make this known (to the public), those involved in the matter may take actions that delay and complicate the investigation“, explained Carina Skagerlind, spokesperson. According to photos published by Aftonbladet, the police were on Monday in front of the hotel where Mbappé and his entourage were staying.
Faced with the scale that this affair is beginning to take on social networks in France, the player’s entourage was keen to react firmly at the start of the evening. “Today, a new slanderous rumor begins to ignite the web from the Swedish media Aftonbladet“, he explains in a press release sent to AFP. “These accusations are completely false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable.“
“In order to put an end to this methodical destruction of (the) image (of Kylian Mbappé), all necessary legal actions will be taken to reestablish the truth and pursue any person or media involved in the moral harassment and defamatory treatment that Kylian Mbappé suffers repeatedly,” he warns again. Indirectly blamed by the player in his tweet, Paris SG prefers to “ignore him and keep his class and dignity”, a source close to the club told AFP.
