レイプ疑惑報道エムバペの弁護士 「必要ならば」司法機関に説明する

【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捜査を受けていると報じられている件で、司法機関に説明をする用意があると同選手の弁護士が１７日に明らかにした。（写真はサッカースペイン１部リーグのレアル・マドリードに所属するキリアン・エムバペ）
　エムバペの弁護士はＡＦＰの取材に対し、「必要ならばスウェーデンの司法機関に説明することが彼の最優先事項だ」と述べ、「ストックホルムへ旅行した際の出来事に関して（エムバペが）語ったとされるメディアの主張」については強く否定した。
　仏日刊紙パリジャンとＲＭＣスポールではこの日、エムバペが前週の旅行中に若い女性と同意の上で性行為を行ったと報じた。それによると、同選手は女性から「非常に好意的なトーン」のメッセージを受け取り、その幸せな出会いと同意の上での関係を話したとされている。
　このメッセージを書いたのがレイプ事件の告発者かどうかは確認されていないと、パリジャンの記事では補足された。スウェーデン検察はエムバペの名前には言及しておらず、捜査が開始されたことを認めるにとどまっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/18-18:20）

Kylian Mbappe, linked by media to being the target of a rape investigation in Sweden, is to keep any explanations for Swedish justice, if necessary, his lawyer said on Thursday.
He retains primacy of his explanations, if necessary, to the Swedish justice system, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard told AFP.
The lawyer strongly denounced media allegations suggesting that Kylian Mbappe spoke about the events of his trip to Stockholm.
French daily Le Parisien and RMC Sports both reported on Thursday the France and Real Madrid striker had consensual sex with a young woman during the trip last week.
Mbappe, the two news outlets reported, has messages from the woman with a very positive tone, telling the tale of a happy meeting and consensual relations.
Le Parisien added it could not confirm the complainant in the rape case was the woman who wrote those messages.
As discomfort in his left thigh kept him out of France's squad for Nations League games, 25-year-old Mbappe chose to go to Stockholm with a group of friends, arriving on October 9 and departing on October 11.
Reports in several Swedish media say they visited a restaurant and a nightclub. Once the group had left Sweden, a woman went to police to allege she was the victim of a rape.
On Monday, after Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet became the first media outlet to reveal that a rape probe had been opened, Mbappe slammed the report as fake news on his social media and alleged there was a link between the accusations and his financial dispute with his former club Paris Saint-Germain. A hearing into the case was held on Tuesday.
It's becoming so predictable, the day before the hearing as if by chance, Mbappe said on X, formerly Twitter.
A Swedish prosecutor has only confirmed that an investigation has been opened, without naming Mbappe.
Lawyer Canu-Bernard told AFP on Tuesday the 2018 World Cup winner was at ease because he has done nothing wrong.
Later Thursday, Mbappe was quoted in a Real Madrid statement after winning the player of the month award for September.
I'm delighted and grateful to the Real Madrid fans and it's a pleasure to be player of the month, the Frenchman said.
The most important thing is to win games during this month and hopefully, I can win this award again.
Now we have three very important games coming up and we want to win them. The team and myself are ready and I hope we can do well for all the Madridistas.