Former international striker, captain and near-metronome scorer for AS Monaco. Now without a club, Wissam Ben Yedder has accumulated legal troubles and must be judged this Tuesday afternoon in Nice. This will be the part concerning a sexual assault while drunk.
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Arriving in Monaco in 2019, Wissam Ben Yedder, in five years and 201 matches, scored 118 goals in the ASM jersey. Which makes him the second scorer in the history of the club of which he was for a long time
captain.
The facts with which he is accused
On Friday September 6, during an alcoholic evening, the 34-year-old met a woman in her twenties, who agreed to get into his car. There, he allegedly placed his hand on her thigh and tried to kiss her before masturbating in front of her.
Shocked, she immediately filed a complaint and Ben Yedder, still driving his car, was arrested in Cap d’Ail, a town bordering Monaco.
At the end of his police custody, he was summoned before the criminal court to “obvious drunken sexual assault”punishable by 10 years in prison, but also for “refusal to comply and driving under the influence of alcohol.”
“Our client will attend the court hearing and intends to take responsibility for his actions”declared the player’s two lawyers, Hasna Louzé and Marie Roumiantseva, who have already mentioned a problem of alcoholism several times.
“Mr. Ben Yedder is contrite to have caused such a situation and is sincerely sorry for the complainant“, they added.
The case could have gone to immediate appearance, but the trial was postponed to allow an assessment of the victim’s psychological harm.
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The daily life of the player
The player, who no longer has a club since the expiration of his contract in Monaco this summer, has been subject to strict judicial control: ban on leaving the department or attending nightclubs, obligation to stay at his home from 8 p.m. at 6 a.m., to report twice a week to the gendarmerie and to treat his alcohol addiction.
But last season, discussions regarding an extension quickly collapsed, and the player with 19 caps and three goals for Blue left AS Monaco almost on the sly at the end of the season.
The other cases against him
The prosecution had requested placement in pre-trial detention, citing risks of flight, pressure on the victim but also a repeat offense.
Indeed, Wissam Ben Yedder was already under judicial supervision at the time of the events, after having paid bail of 900,000 euros: another young woman accuses him of rape during another too drunken evening during the summer of 2023. This file, in which he refutes the accusations, is still under investigation.
At the same time, Ben Yedder must also be tried at the end of December for psychological violence against his wife as part of difficult divorce proceedings initiated since May 2023.
In addition, he was sentenced last year by the Seville court to six months in prison and a fine of more than 130,000 euros for tax evasion, and proceedings also pit him against his former agent Meïssa Ndiaye.
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