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Morocco Star Achraf Hakimi Will Stand Trial in a Rape Case, French Appeals Court Confirms
The court said there is sufficient evidence for trial after Hakimi appealed the referral, and no trial date has been set.
- On Friday, The Versailles appeals court confirmed that Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco star Achraf Hakimi will stand trial in a rape case, following accusations from a 24-year-old woman.
- Preliminary charges were filed against Hakimi in March 2023 after the woman reported an incident at his Paris home; the court's decision came hours before Morocco's World Cup Group C match against Scotland in Foxborough, Mass.
- Rachel-Flore Pardo, the lawyer representing the plaintiff, said the decision "brings my client a sense of relief and hope," while Hakimi's lawyer Fanny Colin told The Associated Press that exculpatory evidence should have led to dismissal.
- Writing on X on Friday, Hakimi claimed he feels like "an easy target" due to his fame, adding, "I have been waiting for this trial since the first day. And I am now waiting for it impatiently."
- The defender remains focused on the World Cup after winning the Champions League for a second consecutive year with PSG, though no trial date has been announced following prosecutor recommendations.
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Football star Achraf Hakimi, captain of the Moroccan national team, must answer to a French court for a rape in 2023. The right-back is suspected of having sexually assaulted a woman, then 24, at his home in a suburb of Paris. The rape allegedly took place in March of that year in Boulogne-Billancourt after Hakimi and the woman had met on Instagram. A few days after their meeting, she filed a police report for rape. The 27-year-old Paris Saint-G…
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