PSG’s Achraf Hakimi being investigated by French prosecutors over alleged rape

French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into a rape accusation against the Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi, a judicial official has told the Associated Press.

The investigation is being led by the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, the official said. The official would not provide details about the accusation or comment on media reports about what allegedly happened.

According to an AFP report, a 24-year-old woman has accused Hakimi of raping her at his home in a Paris suburb last Saturday. It said its source has confirmed an article in the Parisien newspaper that the woman reported the incident at a police station on Sunday but did not file charges.

PSG officials did not respond to requests for comment, and Hakimi has not publicly responded to the accusation.

AFP said the public prosecutor’s office handling the case declined to comment but complained to AFP that “information already made public” in the media “undermined the necessary investigations to find out the truth”.

Hakimi was part of the Morocco team that finished fourth in the World Cup in Qatar. On Monday he was at the Fifa Best awards ceremony in Paris, where he was named in the Fifa Fifpro men’s world team of the year.