Paris St-Germain and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi is going through a legal investigation after an allegation of rape was made in opposition to him.
Hakimi denies an allegation made by a 24-year-old girl that he raped her at his residence in Paris on 25 February.
The participant’s lawyer mentioned Hakimi was the sufferer of “tried racketeering”.
The Nanterre prosecution workplace mentioned on Friday that Hakimi has been positioned underneath police monitoring and was banned from contact with the alleged sufferer.
Based on his lawyer, Fanny Colin, Hakimi, 24, “firmly denies all of the accusations in opposition to him” and welcomes the investigation as a result of “he lastly has the likelihood to defend himself”.
“The membership helps the participant, who has firmly denied the accusations and trusts the justice system,” PSG mentioned in a press release on Thursday.
“Paris St-Germain is an establishment that promotes respect on and off the pitch.”
PSG supervisor Christophe Galtier declined to touch upon the investigation in a information convention on Friday.
The Ligue 1 leaders face Bayern Munich within the Champions League last-16 second leg on Wednesday, with Hakimi anticipated to play after recovering from a a muscle damage.
Galtier mentioned: “The intention with our medical workers is for him to be accessible for the match in opposition to Bayern.”
Born in Spain, Hakimi was a key participant as Morocco made history by reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar, the primary African facet to take action.
His performances noticed him honoured on the Finest Fifa Soccer Awards ceremony held in Paris on Monday night, the place he was named within the FIFPro men’s world team of the year.
