Kylian Mbappé: Swedish rape inquiry linked to footballer closed

Prosecutors in Sweden have closed an inquiry right into a case of alleged rape, which Swedish media had linked to French soccer captain Kylian Mbappé.

Marina Chirakova, of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, stated the investigation into an alleged assault reported to have taken place in Stockholm had ended as a consequence of an absence of proof.

The Actual Madrid participant, certainly one of soccer’s most high-profile stars, was by no means formally named by Swedish prosecutors or notified by them of being underneath suspicion of against the law.

In October, when the allegations surfaced, Mbappé’s lawyer stated her consumer was getting ready to clear his title with a declare for defamation. Mbappé beforehand described the stories as “pretend information”.

Senior prosecutor Ms Chirakova, who headed the preliminary investigation, deemed the proof “not ample to proceed additional, and the investigation is subsequently closed”.

The footballer’s lawyer declined to remark, in line with Le Figaro newspaper.

The alleged rape and two instances of sexual harassment reportedly came about in a lodge within the Swedish capital on 10 October.

A number of Swedish media shops, together with newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, and public broadcaster SVT, named Mbappé as a suspect.

He had been visiting Stockholm on the time.

Police have been seen visiting the Financial institution lodge the place he had stayed, with officers later leaving with luggage. One report stated that they had taken clothes from the lodge in proof.

On Sunday, talking for the primary time concerning the case on French TV present Clique, Mbappé stated he was “not concerned”.

“I have not acquired something, no summons… I am not concerned.”

His lawyer beforehand condemned the Swedish media stories as defamatory and stated that nothing was recognized of the criticism.

“[Mbappé] isn’t alone. He’s by no means put ready the place he leads to a scenario that might result in him taking a danger,” Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard stated.

The Actual Madrid ahead this week scored his fiftieth Champions League objective. He transferred from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) earlier this 12 months.

He gained the World Cup as a young person, in 2018, in Russia and scored a hat-trick within the 2022 remaining in Qatar – which France misplaced on penalties to Lionel Messi’s Argentina.

At PSG, he was a part of a celebrity trio with Messi and Brazilian ahead Neymar.

Final 12 months, the Paris-born star completed in third place for the Ballon d’Or and Greatest FIFA Males’s Participant prizes.