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Morocco\u2019s Achraf Hakimi exercises during a training session ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo\/Martin Meissner)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

A French appeals court confirmed Friday that Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> and Morocco star player Achraf Hakimi will stand trial in a rape case.<\/p>

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The defender, who is currently playing with Morocco at the World Cup<\/a> after winning the Champions League for a second straight year with PSG<\/a> , had appealed a February decision by an investigative judge. That ruling followed recommendations from public prosecutors that Hakimi should face trial.<\/p>\n

The decision was released just hours before Morocco takes on Scotland in their Group C match. Morocco drew 1-1 with Brazil<\/a> in its opening game.<\/p>\n

Hakimi, one of the best right backs in the world, denies any wrongdoing. He faced preliminary charges of rape in March 2023 after a 24-year-old woman said she was raped by Hakimi at his home in a Paris suburb.<\/p>\n

The Versailles appeals court said in a press statement that it ordered that Hakimi be formally charged with rape. The court said that the investigations conducted during the inquiry and the judicial investigation led the investigating chamber to conclude that there is sufficient evidence against the player to stand trial.<\/p>\n

Rachel-Flore Pardo, the lawyer representing the plaintiff, said that after more than three years of legal proceedings, \u201cand after being defamed and dragged through the mud by Achraf Hakimi\u2019s defense,\u201d the court\u2019s decision \u201cbrings my client a sense of relief and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRelief that she has been heard by the justice system and will have her case heard at trial,\u201d Pardo said in a statement to The Associate Press. \u201cHope that this trial will help other women and further weaken the fortress of denial and impunity surrounding sexual violence, including within the world of men\u2019s football.\u201d<\/p>

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Hakimi claimed in a message posted on X on Friday that his case would have been dismissed if he had not been famous, and that he sometimes feels he has become \u201can easy target.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJustice looked me in the eye and told me: \u2018If you were not famous, there would never have been a case,\u2019\u201d Hakimi wrote. \u201cI chose to remain silent for years. I believed that staying dignified, being patient, and trusting the justice system would allow the right decisions to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the case has been detrimental not only to him, but also to his family, \u201cand above all, to the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been waiting for this trial since the first day. And I am now waiting for it impatiently,\u201d he added. \u201cFinally, I will be able to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

A date for the trial has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe multitude of exculpatory elements uncovered during the investigation and judicial inquiry would, in any other case, have led to the dismissal of the proceedings,\u201d Hakimi\u2019s lawyer, Fanny Colin, told the AP.<\/p>\n

\u201cAchraf Hakimi\u2019s defense regrets that no consequences were drawn from the contradictions and false statements made by the complainant, her concealment of information from the judicial authorities, her obstruction of the search for the truth, and the psychological assessments noting both her ambivalence and her lack of clarity regarding the events she reported.\u201d<\/p>

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