Rape Allegations? PSG Star Undeterred by Trial: "Finally, I Will Be Able to Speak"

In February 2023, a 24-year-old woman reported to police in the Val-de-Marne area, southeast of Paris, that Hakimi had raped her. The PSG right-back and captain of the Moroccan national team, currently with the squad for the North American World Cup, denies the allegations.

Shortly after the Versailles Court of Appeal's decision, he posted on X that he had been waiting for this court since day one. "Finally, I will be able to speak," he stated. The start date for the trial at the criminal court in the Hauts-de-Seine department has not yet been set.

Hakimi's lawyer, Fanny Colin, stated that the court's confirmation was expected and her client remains steadfast in his position. The plaintiff's lawyer, Rachel-Flore Pardo, declared that the decision brought her client "relief and hope."

The plaintiff claimed she met Hakimi in January 2023 via Instagram and took a taxi, ordered by the footballer, to his home. According to her, the player kissed her without consent, touched her, and raped her. She managed to push him away and text a friend, who then came to pick her up.

In her first media statement, the woman, using the pseudonym Jeanne, said she wanted a trial "to defend herself and be heard."

"I want to speak out. I want people to believe me," she added.