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ARTICLE VIEW:
Kylian Mbappé’s representative says legal action ‘will be taken’
against Swedish media over rape allegations
By George Ramsay and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN
Updated:
6:33 AM EDT, Wed October 16, 2024
Source: CNN
A representative for has denounced reporting in the Swedish press about
the French star as “totally false and irresponsible.”
Several Swedish outlets – including Swedish public broadcaster SVT,
who “documents obtained,” and CNN affiliate Expressen, who cite a
police report – reported that Mbappé is “suspected on reasonable
grounds of rape” after visiting a nightclub and staying at a hotel in
Stockholm on October 10.
According to , suspicion on reasonable grounds means “that there are
specific circumstances that indicate, to some extent, that the person
in question has committed the act.”
Swedish prosecutors Tuesday that a criminal report had been submitted
to the police following media reports about a suspected rape in
Stockholm on Thursday.
The press release provided by the Swedish prosecutors did not identify
any specific individuals, and prosecutors said that they could not
provide any further details when contacted by CNN.
The 25-year-old Mbappé called the media reports “FAKE NEWS” in a ,
formerly known as Twitter, in response to a similar story posted by
French outlet RMC Sport. RMC Sport later deleted its original social
media post.
“A new slanderous rumor is starting to set the web ablaze,
originating from the Swedish media AFTONBLADET and EXPRESSEN,”
Mbappé’s representative told CNN on Tuesday through a public
relations firm.
“These accusations are totally false and irresponsible, and their
spread is unacceptable. Kylian Mbappé will not tolerate under any
circumstances that his integrity, reputation and honor be tarnished by
unfounded insinuations.
“In order to put an end to this methodical destruction of his image,
all necessary legal actions will be taken to re-establish the truth and
pursue any person or media involved in the moral harassment and
defamatory treatment that Kylian Mbappé repeatedly suffers.”
Mbappé’s lawyer Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard appeared on French TV’s
TF1 Tuesday night to defend her client, calling the reports a
“slanderous denunciation.”
She said he went to training on Tuesday and described Mbappé as being
“absolutely calm” despite the accusations.
However, Canu-Bernard said, “He is completely flabbergasted from this
type of media frenzy and he doesn’t understand what could be held
against him from afar or up close.”
Then on Wednesday, Canu-Bernard said in an interview with French outlet
BFMTV that the media reports have had “an impact” and have been
“complicated” for Mbappé to live with.
“I wish him every success in scoring as many goals as possible in his
next match,” she said. “At some point, if this media frenzy and
these thinly-veiled accusations persist and light is not shed quickly,
he will be heard by the investigators.”
The Real Madrid forward did not play in France’s past two UEFA
Nations League games – victories over Israel and Belgium. The
forward’s next possible appearance on the pitch will be with Los
Blancos as they take on Celta de Vigo in La Liga on Saturday.
CNN has reached out to Real Madrid for comment.
According to AFP, Mbappé traveled to Stockholm last week and spent
Thursday and Friday in the Swedish capital.
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