Overview

• The Nanterre prosecutor has formally asked a judge to send Hakimi to trial over an alleged February 2023 rape at his Paris apartment.
• Prosecutors say the accuser, then 24, reported non-consensual sex after meeting the Morocco international through social media.
• If convicted under French criminal law, Hakimi faces up to 15 years in prison.
• Hakimi denies the allegation, alleging it was part of a financially motivated plot against him.
• His lawyer, Fanny Colin, described the prosecution’s request as “incomprehensible” and pledged to appeal any indictment.