PSG star Hakimi faces trial for alleged rapeThe 27-year-old Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has denied an accusation of rape and says he looks forward to the trial where “the truth will come out”. (Photo: AFP)PARIS - Paris Saint-Germain footballer Achraf Hakimi, a key player in their Champions League-winning side last season, is to stand trial charged with raping a young woman, his lawyer and a French prosecutor told AFP on Tuesday. In February 2023, a woman then aged 24 told police in the Val-De-Marne region southeast of Paris that Hakimi had raped her. “Today, a rape accusation is enough to justify a trial, even though I contest it and everything proves that it is false,” he wrote on X on Tuesday. Hakimi joined PSG in 2021, after stints with Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan.

Source: Bangkok Post February 24, 2026 19:53 UTC