Swedish media reported that the footballer had been in Stockholm for two days last week and visited a restaurant on Thursday evening before moving on to a nightclub. He was pictured walking through the center of the capital with three other people.
Swedish prosecutors said on Monday that the incident under investigation occurred at a hotel on October 10, according to a ‘crime report’ submitted to police.
He was seen visiting the bank hotel where he was staying on Monday, with officers later leaving with his bag. One report said clothing was taken from the hotel as evidence.
“The investigation is being led by prosecutor Marina Chirakova.”, external“We cannot provide further information at this time,” Swedish prosecutors said.
Mbappe was not called up for France’s UEFA Nations League match last week and has returned to training with his club Real Madrid.
Petra Eklund, an attorney representing the complainant in the case, said she could not comment on the case at this time due to legal restrictions.
However, SVT and other media outlets in Sweden reported that the claim involved a reasonable allegation of rape, which is considered a low level of suspicion under Swedish law.
Kylian Mbappé’s lawyers have accused the media reports of being defamatory, and on Tuesday night lawyer Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard appeared on TF1’s main evening news program and said nothing was known about the complaint, not even if it was filed against her client. He said. She said she was “appalled” by the media frenzy.
“(Kylian Mbappe) is never alone. He is never put in a position where he has to take risks,” she insisted.
