Allegations of rape in opposition to France nationwide crew captain and Actual Madrid ahead Kylian Mbappé are “completely false” and “a slanderous hearsay,” his representatives stated Tuesday, following media experiences that he was the topic of an investigation over an incident in a Stockholm resort on Thursday.
Swedish prosecutors confirmed in an announcement in response to the media protection {that a} probe into an alleged rape at a resort in central Stockholm had been opened, however they didn’t determine 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 stated. “These accusations are completely false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable.
“Kylian Mbappé will by no means tolerate his integrity, popularity and honour being sullied by unfounded insinuations.”
“We have no idea who the criticism is in opposition to, I have no idea if the criticism is concentrating on him,” Mbappé’s lawyer, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, advised French TV channel TF1 on Tuesday.
“He’s by no means alone, he’s by no means uncovered to a risk-taking state of affairs. It completely excludes that there might 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 may be reproached to him.
“He has performed nothing incorrect,” Canu-Bernard stated, including that Mbappé would cooperate with the Swedish justice system if he was to be immediately 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 non-public journey to the Nordic nation’s capital final week with a gaggle of associates, Swedish media reported.
Mbappé and his associates left Sweden on Friday. A report of the allegation in opposition to Mbappé was made to police by an unidentified sufferer the next day, Expressen and Aftonbladet reported.
“In response to media experiences a few suspected rape in Stockholm, the prosecutor can verify {that a} felony report has been submitted to the police,” the Swedish Prosecution Authority stated in an announcement Tuesday.
Reuters couldn’t independently verify the identification 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 stage, “possible suspicion,” is often required to have a suspect remanded in custody.
Mbappé educated together with his Actual Madrid teammates Tuesday. The membership didn’t instantly reply when requested in the event that they had been conscious of the investigation and whether or not they had been contacted by the Swedish authorities.