Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi was given preliminary charges of rape, the prosecutor's department of Nanterre told ESPN on Friday.
A preliminary investigation was opened against Hakimi last week after a 23-year-old woman went to the police accusing him of rape.
The woman didn't press charges, but the gravity of her testimony meant the prosecution office still decided to open an investigation.
The prosecution office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said Hakimi was questioned on Thursday by investigators probing rape allegations. He was then indicted by an investigating judge and placed under judicial supervision.