Kylian Mbappé’s stay in Sweden is definitely causing a lot of ink to flow. After a small controversy over his presence in a nightclub, while his teammates from the France team are competing in the League of Nations, a much darker story has now emerged.
Kylian Mbappé said he was the victim of “fake news” on Monday following an article in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet claiming that a rape investigation was opened by the Swedish police after the star’s visit with his entourage to Stockholm, last week.
“FAKE NEWS!!!! It’s becoming so predictable, the day before the hearing as if by chance”, protested the Real Madrid player on the social network a commission from the Professional Football League (LFP) in the financial dispute between it and Paris SG.
The rape was allegedly committed Thursday evening “in the center of Stockholm”, according to a complaint that Aftonbladet claims to have consulted.
“The police took up the complaint on Saturday after the woman sought treatment“, adds the newspaper, which does not say who is suspected in this affair.
“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.
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 wanted to react firmly.
“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 repeatedly undergoes“, he warns again.
Indirectly questioned by the player in his tweet, Paris SG prefers “ignore it and keep your class and dignity“, a source close to the club told AFP.
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