ESPN.com · Mar 3, 2023
PSG's Hakimi facing preliminary charges of rape, prosecutors say
Achraf Hakimi has been placed under police monitoring and was banned from contact with the alleged victim. Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty ImagesParis 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.