The Expressa Swedish daily, said Monday October 14 that Kylian Mbappé is the target of an investigation for rape and sexual assault by the Stockholm police. According to the newspaper, the French attacker is considered “reasonably suspicious” in this investigation, the lowest level of suspicion provided for by Swedish legislation.
According to The evening papera second Swedish daily, the footballer was on Thursday October 10 in the evening with a group of people at the restaurant “Chez Jolie”, an establishment in the Swedish capital, before going to the “V” club where they met some other people. The rape was allegedly committed that same evening “in the center of Stockholm”according to a complaint that the newspaper claims to have consulted. “The police took up the complaint on Saturday after the woman sought treatment”added The evening paperwithout linking the football player to the affair.
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“An investigation is underway into a crime that was reported on October 10 in central Stockholm”the prosecutor in charge of the case told Agence France-Presse (AFP), without mentioning Kylian Mbappé or giving more details. The Stockholm police did not wish “neither confirm nor deny” this information, according to AFP.
“FAKE NEWS!!!! It becomes so predictable, hearing watch as if by chance”wrote Kylian Mbappé on X (ex-Twitter). The Real Madrid striker refers to the hearing scheduled for Tuesday, October 15 before a committee of the Professional Football League for a financial dispute between him and Paris Saint-Germain in which the former Parisian player is claiming from his former club 55 million euros in unpaid salaries and other bonuses.
“Today, a new slanderous rumor begins to ignite the web”, explains the French international’s entourage in a press release. “ These accusations are completely false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable,” he adds, threatening anyone who relays this information. “In order to put an end to this methodical destruction of (l’)image (by 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 suffers,” can we read in particular in the press release. “It’s not a good thing for the France team,” For his part, coach Didier Deschamps regretted Monday October 14 after the victory of the Blues against Belgium (2-1).
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