While Kylian Mbappé would have admitted to having had a relationship with a young woman according to RMC Sport, his portrait is still vague.
If for the moment it is difficult to draw the truth from the falsehood of the implication or not of Kylian Mbappé in the Stockholm case, an investigation was opened for rape and sexual assault, confirmed by the prosecutor on Tuesday October 15. The name of Kylian Mbappé is not yet mentioned by the Swedish justice system, only the Swedish media affirm that the captain of the France team is the person involved, and for a few hours, the French media have also confirmed the accusations against him.
What do we really know about the victim and the evening?
Kylian Mbappé, according to various media, particularly Swedish, would have started his evening this Thursday, October 10 in a restaurant in downtown Stockholm called “Chez Jolie”, before going to a nightclub, “Le club V”, a place privatized for the occasion, where he had already passed the day before, according to the newspaper Aftonbladet. Questioned by BFMTV on Tuesday October 15, Katrin Krantz, journalist with the Expressen police-justice service, revealed details of the evening during which the events allegedly took place. “The guests were forced to put their cell phones in an envelope to enter a ping-pong room which was a party room in the V club,” she explains first. “The customers were women chosen by the restaurateur. They were normal young women, not linked to football, who like to party.” Questioned by the local newspaper Expressen, one of the regulars at these evenings explained that “promoters” like the famous Marco D. only ask girls to have “great looks” and “a beautiful personality”.
A consensual relationship?
Thursday October 17, RMC affirms that Kylian Mbappé would have had a sexual relationship with a young woman, confirming the first information from Le Parisien, but the latter would have been consensual. Text messages would validate this attacker’s version of the facts. According to the Swedish daily Aftonbladet, the woman, the alleged victim, filed a complaint after receiving medical treatment. She would have gone to a hospital in the Swedish capital to have possible physical injuries or psychological trauma caused by the rape she suffered. This triggered the police investigation the next day. “Knickers, black pants and a black top” were also reportedly seized by the police.
Questioned by BFM TV, the plaintiff’s lawyer said she would not make any comment. “I understand why you are here. But I will not comment on any name or any information whatsoever (…) The investigation is in the hands of the police. The investigation is continuing. It is strictly confidential. That’s all I can tell you.”