Kylian Mbappé’s response was not long in coming. “FAKE NEWS!!!! It becomes so predictable, hearing watch as if by chance”he protested on social networks after the first articles relaying information from the Swedish press according to which an investigation into rape had been opened after his visit last week to Stockholm. A reference to the hearing scheduled for this Tuesday before a committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) in the financial dispute between it and the capital club.
The Swedish daily Aftonbladetthe first to mention the affair on Sunday evening, had not yet mentioned his name. But to believe Expressenthe other major Swedish newspaper, the man targeted by the complaint for “rape and sexual assault” is none other than Kylian Mbappé, passing through the Swedish capital with several relatives including Nordi Mukiele, his former teammate at PSG.
Kylian Mbappé is not aware of this complaint
According to the Swedish media, the French striker is considered “reasonably suspicious” in this investigation, which is the lowest level of suspicion provided for by Swedish law, and the investigation is still in its early stages. Asked by AFP, the entourage of the captain of the France team assured that they were not aware of a complaint against Kylian Mbappé.
While Kylian Mbappé and his relatives spent the evening at the Chez Jolie restaurant, an establishment near the Swedish capital, then in the “V*****” nightclub, the rape allegedly took place “in the center of Stockholm” according to the complaint consulted by Aftonbladet and which the police took up on Monday. “An investigation is underway into a crime that was reported on October 10 in central Stockholm », Confirmed the prosecutor in charge of the case to AFP, the police refusing to make the slightest comment.
