Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi is to stand trial on rape charges, French prosecutors said on Tuesday, more than two years after the alleged incident.
Morocco international and PSG defender Hakimi is set to stand trial after being accused of assaulting a 24-year-old woman in February 2023.
"I am calmly awaiting this trial, which will allow the truth to come out publicly," Hakimi said on social media on Tuesday.
In August 2025, French prosecutors called for Hakimi to face a trial.
Hakimi allegedly paid for his accuser to travel to his home on 25 February 2023, in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt while his wife and children were away on holiday.
Meeting via Instagram
The woman went to a police station following the encounter alleging rape and was questioned by police.
Although she did not file a formal complaint, prosecutors decided to press charges against the player.
She told police at the time that she had met Hakimi in January 2023 on Instagram.
After the alleged assault, she said she managed to break free to text a friend who came to pick her up.
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Hakimi, who skippered Morocco to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in January, is due to play on Wednesday in the second leg of PSG's play-off against Monaco for a place in the last-16 of the Champions League.
Just after the charge was announced, PSG boss Luis Enrique refused to discuss the case during a press conference ahead of the game. PSG bosses have also not commented publicly.
Hakimi was one of the stalwarts in PSG's surge to the 2025 Champions League crown. He scored the opener in the 5-0 annihilation of Inter Milan in the final in Munich last May.
Following his exploits with his national side in January, Hakimi has returned to domestic action to bolster the PSG back line.
He fired home PSG's equaliser in the first leg at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 17 February as they overturned a two-goal deficit to win 3-2.
