It all stated with Kylian Mbappe‘s absence from the French national team ahead of the UEFA Nations League games against Belgium and Israel. Coach Didier Deschamps explained that Real Madrid‘s forward had a small injury problem which needed treatment and that nobody wanted to take a risk of playing him without much need. So, the player decided to visit Stockholm for two days (10-11th October) and rest a bit, causing public grumble since he was supposed to be at least with his teammates. And then the French media picked up reports from their Swedish colleagues about a possible rape complaints from a hotel where Mbappe was staying. And now, the whole France (and Madrid) is on its feet. This means war! Mbappe and PSG in the trenches, with severe allegations all aroundThe Swedish justice system has confirmed the filing of a complaint for rape in the hotel where Real Madrid’s French international Kylian Mbappé stayed on the night of October 10-11 in Stockholm. It still has nothing to do with the player, but the headlines kept coming up. So, Mbappe hired Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, a lawyer who will take legal action for libel. A Swedish prosecutor said earlier Tuesday that a rape investigation had been opened without mentioning Mbappe. Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, as well as public broadcaster SVT, reported that Mbappe was the target of the investigation, following his two-day visit to the city last week. Sweden’s Prosecution Authority said that the alleged rape had occurred at a hotel on October 10 but did not name a suspect and said no further information could be shared for the moment.🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé was spotted clubbing in Stockholm, Sweden during Israel vs. France in the Nations League last night. 🪩Captain material? 🙄📸 @sportbladet / @footmercato pic.twitter.com/A9LvB4z4Br— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) October 11, 2024 Expressen on Monday identified Mbappe as the suspect, citing anonymous sources, while Aftonbladet and SVT said Tuesday they had also obtained information confirming Mbappe was the suspect. Mbappe claimed in a post on X on Monday there was a link between the report and the hearing before a French league committee on Tuesday over his bitter dispute with his former club Paris Saint-Germain over what he says is 55 million euros in unpaid wages.”FAKE NEWS !!!!. It’s becoming so predictable, on the eve of the hearing, as if by chance” he wrote, thus further annoying PSG, who decided not to comment his post. But the reports about the potential rape didn‘t stop there and the Swedish press added more details. According to Aftonbladet, Mbappe and his entourage dined at a restaurant before going to a nightclub. Mbappe and the group left Sweden on Friday. Aftonbladet said the complaint was filed on Saturday after the alleged victim had sought medical attention. Expressen reported Tuesday that police had seized some clothing as evidence, saying it consisted of women’s underwear, a pair of black trousers and a black top. Photographs showed police officers leaving the Bank Hotel with brown bags on Monday.Real Madrid has removed Kylian Mbappe from their latest adv. What’s happening. 🤔Rape accusation in Sweden is true ??? pic.twitter.com/FbcUkX1fUm— Lamine🦸🏻 (@SemperFiMessi) October 15, 2024 Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, participated in the TF1 news yesterday afternoon and today she went to the BFMTV and once again gave her (and her client‘s) version that nothing happened. She also explained why such deed is not possible. “The bubble is there to protect him from the risks inherent in his fame. We are talking about a 25-year-old, he may have extraordinary maturity and mental strength – and I have the greatest admiration for that – but can you imagine the media frenzy and the kind of outpouring that is totally damaging to his honour? He has a cordon sanitaire around him, a kind of bubble. He is in a context where he is not allowed to take risks. He is very exposed, his close circle knows it and he knows it. As you can imagine, everything is prepared so that this kind of situation does not occur” she explained.Mbappe further annoys his people: Requested rest but travelling to Stockholm?Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard also revealed the next steps in this case. “Since nothing happened – and if it really is about him, there were several in Stockholm – and since there are 10,000 cameras in a hotel, it is better. As we have seen in other recent stories of athletes abroad, thanks to the cameras and the hotel corridors, we can know exactly what happened or what did not happen. At some point, if this media frenzy and these thinly veiled accusations continue and light is not shed quickly, it will undoubtedly be heard by the investigative services. That is why it has not yet been filed, because we do not yet know whether the complaint is against him, and I am not going to file something in a vacuum. If it is confirmed that this complaint was directed against him in one way or another – after all, he can also be considered a witness – then we are obviously preparing a complaint for slander, since he has nothing to reproach himself for. He is very calm because he knows what he has not done“ she said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8415696##
