Overview

• On August 1, the Nanterre prosecutor requested Achraf Hakimi’s referral to the Hauts-de-Seine departmental criminal court to be tried for rape.
• An investigating judge must decide whether to confirm the referral and send the case to trial, with the decision still pending.
• In excerpts aired on Canal+/Clique, Hakimi calls the accusation a lie, says he cooperated with police, and notes authorities have his DNA.
• The complainant’s attorney, Rachel-Flore Pardo, says the investigation assembled elements sufficient to characterize rape and that nothing in the file supports any blackmail.
• The case stems from an alleged February 2023 assault at Hakimi’s Boulogne-Billancourt home after contact on Instagram; he was placed under formal investigation and judicial supervision in March 2023.