Kylian Mbappé's lawyer Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard told that the Real Madrid striker was going to "file a complaint for slanderous denunciation" following allegations by two Swedish tabloids claiming that he is linked to a rape investigation opened in Stockholm, Sweden.
"Serene". Cited by two Swedish tabloids in a rape case committed last Thursday at a Stockholm hotel, where he was with relatives, Kylian Mbappé "has nothing to reproach himself for", the lawyer of the captain of the French team, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, told on Tuesday.
Offensive, the latter also indicated that she was going to "file a complaint for malicious denunciation because it is impossible to let yourself be slandered and defamed in this way".
Mbappé "is not aware of the extent of the media frenzy, but is completely calm and does not understand what he could be accused of, assured Me Canu-Bernard. He is astonished to hear that it could concern him. He preferred to go to train (in Madrid, Editor's note) and asked my office not to leave things as they are, because it is impossible to let yourself be slandered and defamed in this way. This is the reason why we are going to file a complaint for malicious denunciation".
The lowest level of suspicion"
However, the lawyer said she did not know whether the investigation opened in Stockholm for rape targeted the Real Madrid striker, as reported by Swedish tabloids Aftonbladet and Expressen. On Tuesday morning, the Swedish prosecutor's office confirmed that an investigation for "rape" is underway into events that occurred in central Stockholm last Thursday. "Following the publication in the media (of information about a) suspected rape in Stockholm, the prosecutor can confirm that a complaint of rape has been received by the police" and that "an investigation" is underway, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. The incident took place on October 10, 2024, in a city center hotel, the Bank Hotel, located at Arsenalsgatan 6.
"Aftonbladet" reported on Tuesday that the alleged victim had been examined in a Stockholm hospital on October 11. The next day, she reportedly filed a complaint with the police, from which the opening of the investigation. "Expressen", for its part, specified that Kylian Mbappé is "reasonably suspected". This is the "lowest degree of suspicion". "This means that there are concrete circumstances that strongly suggest that the person committed the act to which the suspicion refers", we can read on the Swedish police website. If you are more involved in Swedish law, you become a "suspect for probable cause". "Suspicions against a person appear objectively justified and are based on evidence on a case-by-case basis."
Kylian Mbappé reacted on Monday evening on his X account. "FAKE NEWS!!!! It's becoming so predictable, on the eve of a hearing, as luck would have it," the Real Madrid player protested on the X social network, establishing a link between the articles in the Swedish press and the hearing scheduled for Tuesday before a committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) in the financial dispute between him and Paris SG – he is demanding 55 million euros in unpaid wages and other bonuses from his former club. The verdict will be given on October 25.