25/02/2026
🚨🇲🇦𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗔𝗙 𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗠𝗜 to stand 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥.𝗔.𝗣.𝗘. in France!
After 3 years of investigation, an investigating judge in France has ordered trial against the Moroccan player accused of r.a.p.e since February 25th 2023.
HOW HAKIMI MET THE LADY IN QUESTION:
It was on Instagram that the player made contact with Manon, whose name has been changed, through a simple reaction to a story, which led to a month of exchanges. The investigation established that the footballer repeatedly suggested to the young woman that they meet, along with other friends, in a public place to get to know each other. She initially declined, explaining that she was shy and didn't want to be photographed, before finally agreeing to a date. However, this meeting would be at the footballer's home, away from prying eyes.
The day before the alleged events, on February 23, they agreed to meet to “relax,” according to the investigation. The complainant explained to the police that she was going through a breakup at the time, that she didn't feel ready for a relationship, and that she was going to the Parisian defender's home to get to know him.
HOW SHE GOT TO HIS HOUSE
And so Manon got into an Uber, paid for by the footballer, to go to his house. On the way, she exchanged messages with a friend, to whom she continued to write throughout the evening. This friend advised her to listen to “A l'abri” by the rapper Fresh la Peufra, a song that evokes ways, even questionable ones, of making money—a detail highlighted by investigators and which the footballer's defense considers significant. A series of messages followed, containing advice on how to be seductive, then this new text message Manon received from her friend: “Try to get the codes and everything… We're going to rob him… We're tough girls.” The plaintiff replied with skull emojis just as she arrived at Hakimi's house. The player's lawyers see this as proof that Manon's intention, upon arriving at the footballer's house, was nothing less than to rob him. Manon has always denied these accusations.
OPPOSING VERSIONS FROM BOTH CAMPS
The investigation shows that the complainant arrived at Hakimi's house at 1:17 a.m. and left a little over an hour later, at 2:21 a.m. During this time, they both explained that they were sitting on the footballer's sofa getting to know each other. They quickly began kissing, several times. Manon told investigators that she didn't want to kiss him, but that she didn't object. At the same time, she texted her friend, as she would continue to do throughout the evening: "He grabbed my mouth, I'm going to leave." Several text messages followed, in which Manon described the footballer as "a creep," telling her friend, "This is serious."
According to her account, Hakimi's hands became increasingly insistent; she pushed them away, but he persisted. The player allegedly forced her to straddle his lap. Meanwhile, according to the investigation, Manon continued to text her friend: “This is very serious.”
Hakimi explains that he “caressed her lower back with her consent,” but the complainant describes to investigators his fingers slipping inside her underwear to forcibly pe*****te her digitally. According to Manon, the digital pe*******on lasted less than a minute; she explains that she managed to free herself from the footballer's hands, then sent new text messages to her friend at 2:18 a.m.: “Please hurry, this is very serious, he's ra**ng me.”
THE VIEW OF THE INVESTIGATORS AND MAGISTRATE:
To investigators, she described several attempts by the footballer to have sexual relations with her. The investigating judge noted that the complainant explained, a month and a half after the events, that her memories were hazy and that she mixed up the different stages, but the magistrate judged Manon's account to be "consistent and detailed" when she described the digital pe*******on. The magistrate accepted this element as incriminating evidence against the footballer, and also emphasized that the account was corroborated by the exchange of messages between Manon and her friend during the evening.
The indictment also highlights that the complainant quickly confided in certain members of her circle. They all recount the minutes spent on the phone listening to Manon in tears, describing the assaults.
HAKIMI'S DEFENSE:
Achraf Hakimi's defense team denounces a manipulation aimed at extorting money from the footballer and bases its case on several elements, also noted by the investigating judge. Among them are messages, which RMC was able to consult, in which Manon's friend writes to the complainant's relatives to find out what the police knew about their correspondence. "I want to know which messages she showed the cops so I can delete some that could be used against us," she writes.
For Hakimi's defense, this is proof. Manon, for her part, explains that she was unaware of these text messages and that those sent by her friend on the evening of the events were nothing more than jokes to relax.
Hakimi's defense team is requesting that investigators be allowed to more broadly review conversations between Manon and her family. The investigating magistrate's findings indicate that the complainant never handed over her phone to the police, nor several other items and pieces of information requested by investigators. It is also noted that she refused gynecological examinations and appointments at the forensic medical unit.
Finally, the footballer's defense intends to rely on the two psychological evaluations of the plaintiff. The expert noted that "no real tendency towards fabrication or mythomania was observed," but the psychologist also highlighted statements and expressions used by Manon that "are not the vocabulary of a victim of sexual assault." According to the first psychologist, Manon could have been influenced by her friend. In response to this evaluation, the plaintiff's lawyers requested a counter-evaluation, which, in turn, emphasizes "a post-traumatic reaction of an anxious nature."
