The defender of PSG and the French team is the target of a complaint for human trafficking and hidden work by a Colombian family who arrived in September 2024.
He calls for “decency and restraint”. Targeted by an investigation for human trafficking and hidden work unveiled this Wednesday, Lucas Hernandez decided to react. In a press release, the Paris Saint-Germain defender and his wife Victoria Triay gave their version of the story, believing they had been “manipulated”.
“We opened our home and our lives to people who presented themselves as friends, who sought our kindness and for whom we had genuine affection,” they write. These people shared our lives with respect and dignity. We helped them, supported them and believed them when they assured us that their situation was being regularized. This trust has been betrayed. »
The complaint was filed by a Colombian family who worked for Lucas Hernandez’s family between September 2024 and 2025. The two parents and their three children performed various tasks ranging from babysitting to cooking and cleaning. However, they did not benefit from any legal framework and worked, according to them, for a paltry salary given the number of hours worked (from 500 to 3,000 euros for weeks of between 72 and 84 hours).
The Hernandez couple claims to have acted without “malicious intent”
Working conditions described as “modern slavery” by the Colombian family’s lawyer, Me Lola Dubois. What the Hernandez couple refutes. “Unfortunately, we are not the first to experience such a situation,” they believe. Like many others before us, we have been manipulated by emotionally charged narratives and false reassurances. We have never acted with malicious intent or in disregard of the law. We have acted as human beings and learned, painfully, that compassion can be harnessed. »
The complaint was filed with the Versailles financial prosecutor’s office and an investigation was opened. “This matter is now being handled through the appropriate legal channels, where the facts – and not the stories broadcast on social networks – have their place”, decide Lucas Hernandez and Victoria Triay.
