Allegations of rape towards France nationwide staff captain and Real Madrid ahead Kylian Mbappé are “completely false” and “a slanderous hearsay,” his representatives mentioned Tuesday, following media reviews that he was the topic of an investigation over an incident in a Stockholm lodge on Thursday.
Swedish prosecutors confirmed in an announcement in response to the media protection {that a} probe into an alleged rape at a lodge in central Stockholm had been opened, however they didn’t establish a suspect.
Swedish public broadcaster SVT and dailies Expressen and Aftonbladet, citing unnamed sources, reported that Mbappé, 25, was a suspect within the case.
“A brand new slanderous hearsay is beginning to ignite the net,” an announcement despatched to Reuters by Mbappé’s representatives at public relations agency Patricia Goldman mentioned. “These accusations are completely false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable.
“Kylian Mbappé will not at all tolerate his integrity, status and honour being sullied by unfounded insinuations.”
“We have no idea who the criticism is towards, I have no idea if the criticism is concentrating on him,” Mbappé’s lawyer, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, informed French TV channel TF1 on Tuesday.
“He’s by no means alone, he’s by no means uncovered to a risk-taking scenario. It completely excludes that there may have been any reprehensible behaviour on his half. It’s an absolute certainty. He’s serene however flabbergasted by the media frenzy. He doesn’t perceive what might be reproached to him.
“He has performed nothing flawed,” Canu-Bernard mentioned, including that Mbappé would cooperate with the Swedish justice system if he was to be straight focused by an investigation.
Mbappé posted a hyperlink to a French media story on the matter on X and wrote: “Faux Information!!!!”
Mbappé had been on a private trip to the Nordic nation’s capital final week with a bunch of mates, Swedish media reported.
Mbappé and his mates left Sweden on Friday. A report of the allegation towards Mbappé was made to police by an unidentified sufferer the next day, Expressen and Aftonbladet reported.
“In response to media reviews a few suspected rape in Stockholm, the prosecutor can verify {that a} legal report has been submitted to the police,” the Swedish Prosecution Authority mentioned in an announcement Tuesday.
Reuters couldn’t independently verify the id of the sufferer nor the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault.
Senior prosecutor Marina Chirakova declined to remark additional when reached by Reuters.
SVT and Expressen, citing unnamed sources, reported that the extent of suspicion directed at Mbappé by investigators was “cheap” — the decrease of the 2 ranges within the Swedish authorized system. The upper degree, “possible suspicion,” is normally required to have a suspect remanded in custody.
Mbappé educated along with his Actual Madrid teammates Tuesday. The membership didn’t instantly reply when requested in the event that they have been conscious of the investigation and whether or not they had been contacted by the Swedish authorities.