Overview

• On August 1, the Nanterre Public Prosecutor’s Office formally requested that an examining judge commit Hakimi to trial for alleged rape in the Hauts-de-Seine criminal court.
• A 24-year-old woman alleges that in February 2023 Hakimi raped her at his Boulogne-Billancourt residence after meeting via Instagram.
• Hakimi was charged with rape and placed under judicial supervision on March 3, 2023, and he has consistently denied all allegations.
• The defender’s lawyer, Fanny Colin, described the prosecution’s request as “incomprehensible and without sense” and plans to contest the move to trial.
• Under French law, a conviction for rape carries a maximum sentence of fifteen years in prison.