Ben Yedder affair. Football player sentenced to two years in prison for sexual assault

Former player and captain of AS Monaco, Wissam Ben Yedder, was sentenced to two years in prison. He is being prosecuted for drunken sexual assault on a 23-year-old woman.

The deliberation was expected this Tuesday, November 12. Wissam Ben Yedder, ex-player and captain of AS Monaco, was found guilty and sentenced to a 2-year prison sentence suspended on probation with obligation of care.

He was fined 5,000 euros for refusing to comply, a 6-month suspension of his license, for driving under the influence of alcohol.

The athlete must compensate the victim up to 5,000 euros for moral damage and 1,500 euros for lawyer's fees.

A less severe sentence than the prosecution's requisitions. The latter had requested a year in prison and 18 months of probation.

The 34-year-old is being prosecuted for sexually assaulting a young woman while drunk on September 6. That evening, the player was drinking in his car near a beach below his home in Cap d'Ail, near Monaco. He sympathizes with a group of young people, including two women.

The victim says he agreed to get into the player's car.out of fear“. He then drove her to the parking lot of her residence. He allegedly placed his hand on her thigh and tried to kiss her, before masturbating. The young woman then fled and informed the police. 'order.

The accused apologized to the victim and her relatives during the trial. He claims he does not remember his actions that night, “without alcohol it wouldn't occur to me“, he declared on October 15.

The footballer arrived in Monaco in 2019. The athlete is still struggling with the law. He is accused of rape by a woman, committed during a party in 2023, the case currently under investigation.

In April 2023, he was convicted by the Spanish courts of tax fraud.

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