Achraf Hakimi rape trial: PSG's Moroccan football star could face 15 years in prison if found guilty; details inside

Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Moroccan footballer Achraf Hakimi could face 15 years in prison if found guilty of rape after a formal request was put in place by the French prosecutors to go ahead with the criminal proceedings. Hakimi was accused of rape by a 24-year-old woman in 2023 following a police complaint in Nogent-sur-Marne, according to French daily newspaper Le Parisien.

The case is entering in it's critical phase as it is up to the investigating judge on whether to go with the trial. The French daily further reported that Nanterre prosecutor’s office has formally requested that Hakimi to be charged before the Hauts-de-Seine departmental criminal court.

Although the mover doesn't hold Hakimi guilty but it indicated that there is enough evidence at the prosecutors' disposal to warrant a trail. The formal request was signed on August 1, more than a year of investigation.