{"id":417878,"date":"2026-06-19T09:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417878"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:53:19","slug":"morocco-and-psg-player-hakimi-to-stand-trial-on-rape-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/morocco-and-psg-player-hakimi-to-stand-trial-on-rape-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco and PSG player Hakimi to stand trial on rape charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A French appeals court confirmed that Morocco captain Hakimi will face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023, which he denies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join Morocco\u2019s\u00a0World Cup\u00a0squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hakimi, who played for Morocco during their\u00a0World Cup opener against Brazil\u00a0on Sunday, had appealed his referral to a criminal court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French media reported earlier that the Versailles appeals court had rejected the appeal, paving the way for his trial in a criminal court at some point in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, a story that isn\u2019t mine is being told at the expense of my family, my life, and above all, \u2060the truth. Sometimes I feel like \u2060I\u2019ve become an easy target,\u201d Hakimi wrote in a post on social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this trial since day one. And now I\u2019m looking forward to it. Finally, I\u2019ll be able to speak out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nanterre prosecutor\u2019s office in the French capital of Paris had\u00a0opened an investigation in 2023\u00a0after a woman accused him of rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hakimi, one of the best right-backs in the world, denies any wrongdoing. He faced preliminary charges of rape in March 2023 after the 24-year-old woman said she was raped by Hakimi at his home in a Paris suburb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not immediately clear when the trial would start. Reuters news agency said that the Versailles appeals court and Hakimi\u2019s lawyer did not immediately respond to their requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A French appeals court confirmed that Morocco captain Hakimi will face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023, which he denies. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join Morocco\u2019s\u00a0World Cup\u00a0squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417879,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417878\/revisions\/417879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}