The soap opera Mbappé it doesn’t stop It was going to be a quiet national team break, but the case of the Real Madrid player is attracting all the national and international attention. The French soccer star has been accused by Swedish authorities of alleged rape and sexual assault.
The Swedish Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that a complaint has been filed for rape and sexual assault that coincides with the stay of the Madrid player, who was in the country’s capital from October 9 to 11, although The identities of neither the complainant nor the accused have not been revealed.. The Swedish press points to the French footballer because he was in Stockholm accompanied by his former PSG teammate, Nordi Mukiele, his bodyguard and his personal assistant.
When was the complaint made public in Sweden?
Everything blew up when the Swedish press, specifically the newspaper, ‘Aftonbladet’ and ‘Expressen’published this Monday that the French star was being investigated for an alleged rape and sexual assault of a woman in a hotel in Stockholm. The media ‘Aftonbladet’ was the first to report the news without revealing the name of the accused; it was the newspaper the express’ who said that it was the Madrid player, who was in the Swedish capital to spend a few days partying accompanied by his friends.
Mbappé He was in Stockholm from October 9 to 11 after not being included in the French National Team squad due to discomfort in his left thigh. Taking advantage of the national team break, the player traveled to Sweden. He began his evening on Thursday night at a restaurant called ‘Chez Jolie’ before heading back to the ‘Club V’ nightclub where he already spent Wednesday night, according to ‘Aftonbladet’.
For its part, the medium ‘The Express’ revealed that the complaint would have taken place on October 12, a day after the footballer’s return to Madrid, and that the Police went to the Bank hotel to search the building where Mbappé was. In the images provided by the Swedish press, you can see two police cars and officers leaving with brown bags. In these bags, evidence such as “some panties, pants and a black top” would have been collected, according to the Swedish press, to analyze samples. Mbappé’s visit was express, it lasted 48 hours, he visited nightclubs and restaurants. His private plane left Stockholm the same Friday around 2:00 p.m. Swedish television TV4 reported that the complainant went to the hospital to be treated as a rape victim.
What do Mbappé and his lawyers say?
After all the commotion caused, Mbappé came out to deny these accusations through his X profile this Monday. In a publication he said that it was “false information”: “It is becoming so predictable, the day before the hearing, as if by chance,” he said. Mbappé was referring to the hearing of the mixed appeal commission of the French league, held this Tuesday, which was pending with PSG to claim 55 million euros.
According to RMC Sport radio, in that same hearing PSG stated that was being “harassed” by Mbappé referring to the tweet that the player published about the alleged rape of which he is accused. The Madrid player’s lawyers began to move with an interview already recorded for French television TF1. «They tell us about a complaint, about a complaint being filed, but at this moment we don’t even know against whom. A complaint does not constitute the truth, a complaint does not prove anything. And I don’t even know, once again, if the complaint is directed at him,” said Mbappé’s lawyer.
He continued to reinforce his argument by claiming that the footballer was never alone: Before adding about his client’s habits: “He is never alone, he is never exposed to finding himself in a situation in which risks would have to be taken for him. Therefore, this completely excludes the fact that there could have been reprehensible actions on the part, I can tell you that, it is an absolute certainty,” he reasoned to underline that his legal team will denounce the media responsible for these actions for slander. informations.
Mbappé, against the French press
The French press is already comparing these events with that of the former Real Madrid player, Karim Benzema, who was accused of a crime of complicity for the ‘sextape’ trial, the case of blackmail against his former teammate in the National Team, Mathieu Valbuena. Both Mbappé and his lawyers attack the French media, accusing them of spreading false information. Mbappé “is not aware of the extent of the media avalanche, but he is completely calm and does not understand that he could be reproached,” said Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, his lawyer.
«He is stunned to hear that it could affect him. He has preferred to go to training and has asked my cabinet that things not remain like this, because it is not possible to allow oneself to be slandered and defamed in this way. For that reason we are going to file a complaint for slander,” he commented on the information that is being published. The 25-year-old Real Madrid player keeps exhaustive control of his image through his family and legal hard core. All your communication is calculated to the smallest detail.
