Prosecutors in Sweden have closed an inquiry right into a case of alleged rape, which Swedish media had linked to French soccer captain Kylian Mbappé.
Marina Chirakova, of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, mentioned the investigation into an alleged assault reported to have taken place in Stockholm had ended because of a scarcity of proof.
The Actual Madrid participant, considered one of soccer’s most high-profile stars, was by no means formally named by Swedish prosecutors or notified by them of being below suspicion of against the law.
In October, when the allegations surfaced, Mbappé’s lawyer mentioned her shopper was getting ready to clear his identify with a declare for defamation. Mbappé beforehand described the studies as “faux information”.
Senior prosecutor Ms Chirakova, who headed the preliminary investigation, deemed the proof “not ample to proceed additional, and the investigation is due to this fact closed”.
The footballer’s lawyer declined to remark, based on Le Figaro newspaper.
The alleged rape and two instances of sexual harassment reportedly passed off in a lodge within the Swedish capital on 10 October.
A number of Swedish media shops, together with newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, and public broadcaster SVT, named Mbappé as a suspect.
He had been visiting Stockholm on the time.
Police have been seen visiting the Financial institution lodge the place he had stayed, with officers later leaving with baggage. One report mentioned that they had taken clothes from the lodge in proof.
On Sunday, talking for the primary time concerning the case on French TV present Clique, Mbappé mentioned he was “not concerned”.
“I have not acquired something, no summons… I am not concerned.”
His lawyer previously condemned the Swedish media studies as defamatory and mentioned that nothing was identified of the grievance.
“[Mbappé] isn’t alone. He’s by no means put ready the place he results in a state of affairs that will result in him taking a threat,” Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard mentioned.
The Actual Madrid ahead this week scored his 50th Champions League goal. He transferred from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) earlier this 12 months.
He received the World Cup as a teen, in 2018, in Russia and scored a hat-trick within the 2022 last in Qatar – which France misplaced on penalties to Lionel Messi’s Argentina.
At PSG, he was a part of a celebrity trio with Messi and Brazilian ahead Neymar.
Final 12 months, the Paris-born star completed in third place for the Ballon d’Or and Finest FIFA Males’s Participant prizes.
