Monaco and Blues striker Wissam Ben Yedder indicted for rape – Liberation

Sexual violence dossierThe 32-year-old footballer and his younger brother, 25, allegedly “imposed sexual acts” on two young women after an evening spent on July 10. He was indicted on Thursday, indicates “Nice-Matin” this Friday.

Ligue 1 resumes service this weekend, and it will probably be without Wissam Ben Yedder. According to the Nice-Matin daily, confirmed by the Nice prosecutor’s office, the AS Monaco striker was indicted for “rape, attempted rape and sexual assault”, this Thursday before an investigating judge of the judicial court. from Nice. Judicial information has been opened against the 32-year-old international, placed under judicial supervision and who had to “pay a deposit of 900,000 euros”, specifies the Nice prosecutor’s office.

The younger brother of Wissam Ben Yedder, also prosecuted in this case, was also indicted on the same charges. The Nice judicial police are in charge of the investigation. According to a source close to the case, the alleged victims are two young adult women of French nationality who are not from the Nice region.

Sentenced in April for tax evasion

The facts allegedly took place on July 10 during an evening spent in the town of Beausoleil (Alpes-Maritimes), which adjoins Monaco, during which the Ben Yedder brothers allegedly “imposed sexual acts on them”, according to France Info.

Ben Yedder, who turns 33 on Saturday, made his professional football debut in Toulouse before joining Spanish club Sevilla FC in 2016, where he confirmed his potential. Back in France in 2019, under the colors of AS Monaco, he has 19 selections for the France team, for which he scored three goals. His last selection with the Blues dates back to June 2022.

Last April, he was sentenced by the court of Seville (southern Spain) to a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 133,798.70 euros for tax evasion. The player was present Friday at AS Monaco training, at the performance center of La Turbie, noted an AFP journalist. The Principality club travels to Clermont on Sunday, as part of the first day of the L1 season.

Updated: 5:21 p.m. with more context.