{"id":748058,"date":"2026-06-19T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748058\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:09:10","slug":"morocco-world-cup-player-achraf-hakimi-claims-fame-led-to-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748058\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco World Cup Player Achraf Hakimi Claims Fame Led To Rape Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morocco Star Achraf Hakimi
\n I’m Only Facing Rape Trial Because I’m Famous<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n June 19, 2026
\n 10:44 AM PDT
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\n Updated
\n June 19, 2026
\n 11:14 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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Morocco captain and Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi<\/a> will stand trial in a rape case … but he insists the matter is only moving forward because he’s a celebrity.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old defender — who is currently playing in the World Cup — will have a future date in court after a woman accused him of raping her at his home near Paris in March 2023, when she was 24 years old.<\/p>\n

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Hakimi fought a February decision over the allegations … but the Versailles appeals court ordered him to be formally charged, citing sufficient evidence against him to stand trial.<\/p>\n

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Hakimi went to social media saying, “Justice looked me in the eyes and said to me: ‘If you weren’t famous, there never would have been a case.'”<\/p>\n

“I chose to remain silent for years. I thought that staying dignified, being patient, and trusting the justice system would allow the right decisions to be made,” he added.<\/p>\n

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“Today, a story that is not mine is being told at the expense of my family, my life, and above all, the truth. Sometimes I feel like I’ve become an easy target,” Hakimi claimed.<\/p>\n

Hakimi said he is now ready to share his side of the story … and he’s looking forward to the trial.<\/p>\n

His Morocco team is slated to face Scotland in a matter of hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco Star Achraf Hakimi I’m Only Facing Rape Trial Because I’m Famous Published June 19, 2026 10:44 AM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,44,561,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-748058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}