The prosecutor’s office in Nanterre has formally asked that Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi stand trial on a rape charge, according to documents filed on 1 August. Prosecutors want the 26-year-old referred to the Hauts-de-Seine departmental criminal court over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman at his home in February 2023 after the two had been in contact online for about a month. The investigating judge will now decide whether to uphold the prosecution request and send the case to trial or dismiss it. Hakimi has consistently denied wrongdoing and has claimed the complaint amounts to an attempted extortion. PSG has continued to support the player, who remains under judicial supervision but is not subject to restrictions on training or playing while the inquiry proceeds.