The investigation into a Swedish rape case linked to a football player is closed

The Public Prosecution in Sweden closed the investigation into an alleged rape case, which Swedish media linked to French football captain Kylian Mbappe.

Marina Shirakova, of the Swedish Prosecution Service, said the investigation into the alleged attack that reportedly took place in Stockholm had ended due to a lack of evidence.

The name of the Real Madrid player, one of the most prominent football stars, was not officially revealed by Swedish prosecutors or notified of suspicion of committing a crime.

In October, when the allegations emerged, Mbappe's lawyer said her client was preparing to clear his name with a defamation suit. Mbappe previously described the reports as “fake news.”

Prosecutor Ms. Shirakova, who headed the preliminary investigation, considered the evidence “insufficient to proceed further, and therefore the investigation was closed.”

The alleged rape and two instances of sexual harassment reportedly occurred at a hotel in the Swedish capital on October 10.

Several Swedish media outlets, including newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, and public broadcaster SVT, named Mbappé as a suspect.

He was visiting Stockholm at the time.

Police were seen visiting the bank hotel where he was staying, and officers later left with their bags. One report stated that they took clothes from the hotel as evidence.

Speaking for the first time on Sunday about the case on French TV program Clique, Mbappe said he was “not involved”.

“I received nothing, no summons… I am not involved.”

for him The lawyer previously condemned the Swedish media She described the reports as defamatory and said nothing was known about the complaint.

“(Mbappe) is never alone. He is never put in a situation where he ends up in a situation that could lead him to take a risk,” said Marie-Alex Cano Bernard.

Real Madrid striker this week He scored his 50th goal in the Champions League. He moved from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) earlier this year.

He won the World Cup as a teenager, in 2018, in Russia and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final in Qatar – which France lost on penalties to Lionel Messi's Argentina.

At Paris Saint-Germain, he was part of a star trio with Messi and Brazilian striker Neymar.

Last year, the Paris-born star finished third in the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Best Player awards.