エムバペ、レイプの疑いで捜査対象に スウェーデン報道

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカースペイン１部リーグのレアル・マドリードでプレーするフランス代表のキリアン・エムバペ（２５）が、スウェーデン・ストックホルムでレイプと性的暴行の疑いで同国警察の捜査を受けていると報じられた。本人は「フェイクニュース」だとして疑惑を否定している。（写真は、スペイン１部リーグ、レアル・マドリードのキリアン・エムバペ）
　スウェーデンの日刊紙アフトンブラデットは、警察にレイプ被害の通報があったとしながらも告訴された人物については報じなかった。一方、同国のタブロイド紙エクスプレッセンでは、容疑者はエムバペだと伝えられた。
　エムバペ側はＡＦＰの取材に対し、同選手に対する法的な訴えがあることは把握していないと答えた。
　エムバペは今月のＵＥＦＡネーションズリーグの代表メンバーに招集されていなかった中で、１０日に数人のグループでストックホルムを訪れていた。
　アフトンブラデットによると、エムバペらはレストランでの夕食後にナイトクラブへ繰り出し、すでに１１日にスウェーデンを離れている。レイプがあったのは「ストックホルムの市中心部」で、１２日に警察へ正式な被害届が出されたと伝えられた。
　エムバペは現在、フランス・リーグ１の古巣パリ・サンジェルマン（ＰＳＧ）の５５００万ユーロ（約８９億７０００万円）の給与未払いを主張して対立しており、１５日に仏プロサッカーリーグ連盟（ＬＦＰ）とのヒアリングが予定されている。
　エムバペは、今回の報道はＰＳＧとの給与問題に関係していると指摘し、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）で「フェイクニュースだ」と反発。「非常にあからさまだ。ヒアリングの直前に、あたかも偶然を装っている」と疑惑を完全否定した。
　捜査関係者はＡＦＰの取材に対し、「ストックホルム中心部で１０月１０日に発生した事件の通報に関し、現在捜査が進行中である」と述べた。スウェーデン警察は、それ以上の詳細は明らかにしなかった。
　アフトンブラデットは１４日にウェブサイトで、エムバペらが滞在していたホテルの前にいる警察官の写真を掲載した。
　エムバペ側は報道を全面的に否定し、法的措置も辞さないとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/15-17:35）

Kylian Mbappe is being investigated for rape by Swedish police, according to a newspaper report in Sweden following a visit by the Real Madrid star to Stockholm, which Mbappe denounced as fake news.
After Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported that an alleged rape had been reported to police but did not say who was accused, Expressen newspaper said 25-year-old Mbappe was the suspect.
According to information obtained by Expressen, police are investigating the star who is reasonably suspected of rape and sexual assault, the newspaper wrote.
Swedish law enforcement differentiate the level of suspicion as either reasonable or probable, with reasonable being the lower degree of suspicion.
Mbappe's entourage, when contacted by AFP, said it had no knowledge of a legal complaint made against him.
The French international was not selected for his country's latest round of Nations League matches, so visited the Swedish capital with a group of people last Thursday.
They dined at a restaurant before going to a nightclub, according to the Aftonbladet report. Mbappe and the group left Sweden on Friday.
The newspaper said a rape was committed in Stockholm city centre, citing a formal complaint made to police on Saturday that it had seen.
Aftonbladet said the complaint was filed after the alleged victim had sought medical attention but did not say who was named in the accusation.
Later, Expressen reported that Mbappe was the suspect.
Mbappe himself claimed in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that there was a link between the Aftonbladet report and his hearing before a French league committee on Tuesday in his bitter dispute with his former club Paris Saint-Germain over what he says are unpaid wages.
Mbappe claims he is owed 55 million euros ($60 million) by the Qatari-owned French champions.
FAKE NEWS !!!!. It's becoming so predictable, on the eve of the hearing, as if by chance, Mbappe posted.
A prosecutor investigating the accusation told AFP: A probe is under way into a crime that was reported on October 10 in the centre of Stockholm.
- 'Slanderous' -
Swedish police declined to give any further details.
In general, if we have received a complaint and decided to conduct interviews and we make it known (to the public), those involved in the case may take actions that delay and complicate the investigation, said police spokeswoman Carina Skagerlind.
Aftonbladet published photos on its website on Monday showing police officers in front of the hotel where Mbappe and the group with him had stayed.
Mbappe's entourage said in a statement sent to AFP: Today, a new slanderous rumour is starting to spread across the web from the Swedish media Aftonbladet.
These accusations are completely false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable.
In order to put an end to this methodical destruction of (the) image (of Kylian Mbappe), all necessary legal action will be taken to re-establish the truth and pursue any person or media involved in the moral harassment and defamatory treatment that Kylian Mbappe is suffering repeatedly, the statement added.
A source close to Paris Saint-Germain told AFP it would ignore Mbappe's claim that there was a link between the report in Sweden and his dispute with the club.
Mbappe joined Madrid in the summer after seven years at PSG.
He has become one of the world's highest paid players after a stellar career.
He joined Pele as the only teenager to score in a World Cup final when France beat Croatia 4-2 to win the 2018 edition and was voted Best Young Player of the tournament.
Four years later in Qatar, he scored a hat-trick in the final against Argentina but finished on the losing side as Lionel Messi's side won in a penalty shootout.