Paris Saint Germain continues to worry, adding only a day after hearing the opening of an investigation against one of its players for alleged rape that of its president.

Nasser Al Khelaifi is under investigation for the kidnapping of a businessman that also included torture. According to information from L’Equipe, French-Algerian businessman Tayeb Benabderrahmane denounced that he was kidnapped and tortured in Qatar in 2020 and could be linked to Al Khelaifi as he was released four months later after signing a confidentiality agreement not to divulge any information to leak. to endanger the owner of the club.

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Although it is not known for certain what the information was, it seems to concern the negotiation that the owner of PSG conducted for the sale of television rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups.

“We are very pleased that the real file of this story is finally the subject of an investigation by the French judiciary,” Benabderrahmane’s legal team said.

Three judges were appointed to analyze the case.

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Al Khelaifi, for his part, denied the allegations, saying they have gradually changed history. “It amazes me that so many people have given credence to their lies and contradictions, but that is the media world today. Justice will take its course, I don’t have time to talk about petty career criminals,” he added on the French portal.

examined player

On Monday, it was learned that the Nanterre prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for alleged rape against the PSG player, Achraf Hakimi.

The investigation was opened after a 24-year-old girl accused the footballer of raping her last Saturday at his home in the town of Boulogne-Billancourt (on the outskirts of the French capital).

The Nanterre prosecutor’s office, contacted by AFP, declined to comment on this case, deploring “the information already published” by some media, “which hinders the investigations necessary to clarify the truth”.

According to a police source, the victim appeared at a police station in Nogent sur Marne last Sunday to report the alleged rape committed by Hakimi.

According to her story, the two met in January through the social network Instagram and last Saturday evening she was invited to the footballer’s home, where she took an Uber requested by the player himself.

Once at Hakimi’s house, he kissed and touched her without the victim’s consent, who he later raped.

The victim allegedly kicked him out and contacted a friend via text to come find her, always according to the police source.