元モナコのベン・イェデル、性的暴行で執行猶予付き禁錮２年

【ニースＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカー元フランス代表で、同国リーグ１のＡＳモナコなどで活躍したＦＷウィサム・ベン・イェデル（３４）は１２日、女性に対する性的暴行の罪で、執行猶予付きの禁錮２年を言い渡された。（写真は、サッカーフランス・リーグ１、ＡＳモナコ時代のウィサム・ベン・イェデル）
　９月６日に酒に酔った状態で会った女性を車に招き入れ、性的な行為をしたとされている。女性はすぐに警察に通報し、ベン・イェデルは同日中に逮捕された。
　ベン・イェデルは裁判で「何も覚えていないため、自分がしたかどうかも言えない。ここにいるのはアルコールのせいだ」と主張していた。事件後はリハビリプログラムに入り、１２日の判決言い渡しは欠席した。
　ベン・イェデルは、妻に対する心理的暴力でも訴えられており、１２月に裁判を控えている。夫妻は現在、離婚の手続きをしている。また、２０２３年夏に別の女性をレイプした疑惑もあり、警察が捜査を行っているが、ベン・イェデル本人はどちらの疑いも否定している。
　昨シーズン終了後に主将を務めたモナコを契約満了のため退団し、現在は無所属となっている。モナコではクラブ歴代２位となる公式戦通算１１８ゴールを記録した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/13-16:31）

Former France international footballer Wissam Ben Yedder received a suspended two-year jail sentence on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a woman in September.
Ben Yedder, 34, is the former captain of French Ligue 1 side Monaco and is second on the club's list of all-time leading goalscorers. He left Monaco at the end of last season and has been without a club since.
On the evening of September 6, Ben Yedder met a woman during an inebriated outing and invited her into his car, according to the investigation.
There, the woman told police, he performed a sex act in front of her.
The woman immediately filed a complaint with police, who arrested Ben Yedder later that night.
I don't remember anything, I can't say if I did it. It's because of alcohol that I'm here, Ben Yedder, who entered a rehab programme after the incident, said during the trial. He did not attend the sentencing on Tuesday.
Ben Yedder is also the defendant in another case going to trial in December in which he is charged with psychological violence against his wife. The couple is in the process of divorcing.
Ben Yedder also stands accused by another woman of raping her in the summer of 2023. Police are still investigating that claim.
He has denied both accusations.
Ben Yedder started his professional career in Toulouse before moving to Spanish side Sevilla.
A Spanish court in 2023 found him guilty of tax fraud while he was living in the country, and gave him a six-month suspended sentence.
He arrived at Monaco in 2019 where he scored 118 goals in 201 matches, but his contract was not extended when it expired this year.
He scored three times for the French national team in 19 matches.