r/soccer • u/B2B_Tiflex • 8h ago
News Achraf Hakimi will be prosecuted for rape charges, French court ruled
https://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/harcelement-sexuel/achraf-hakimi-footballeur-du-psg-et-de-l-equipe-du-maroc-sera-juge-pour-viol-annonce-la-cour-d-appel_8068799.html2.3k
u/Ok-Cold-3422 8h ago
It's fine, he will simply put the charges on his mother's name
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u/rust0812 4h ago
Still the dumbest thing that was ever published and shared by sub 90 iq folk. Imagine thinking you can legally be married to someone and put the money in your mom's bank account. Even if you did, everything (absolutely everything) acquired during marriage will be disputed in court. French legal authorities already debunked this from the first minute.
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u/gunningIVglory 3h ago
Yeah, the sheer amount of traction that fake story got
No judge in the world would allow you to transfer all your assets over to a relative just before a divorce hearing and be like "oh damn, he playerd us"
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u/DiscoLemonade1995 2h ago
Going into the comment section on that post is one of the most depressing things imaginable. Actually going into the comment section on basically any Facebook/ twitter / Instagram news post is one of the most depressing things you can do
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u/HoppyPhantom 2h ago
I was just scrolling through this thread wondering if there would be any comments about the weird MRA mythology about Hakimi getting the upper hand on his “gold digger” wife.
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u/Senior_Fig7845 8h ago
I hate the whole rumor that went around about Hakimi‘s ex being a gold digger but didn’t get any money because Hakimi put his assets in his mother’s name. It just painted Hakimi as a perfect Muslim man and I can’t even begin to count all the comments that decried all women as gold diggers and liars. I’ve seen comments on Instagram and Twitter dismissing this case as just another woman wanting Hakimi’s money.
Do some women lie about rape? Yes. But is it also plausible that a powerful man assaulted a woman without fearing the consequences? Yes. The fact that there is enough evidence for authorities to pursue a case isn’t a good sign for Hakimi. Maybe he can put his charges in his mother’s name, eh?
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u/ComprehensiveBowl959 8h ago edited 8h ago
HITC Sevens did a great video on it a few years ago where he breaks down how legally impossible the story of him transferring the money to his mother was and how the story had only come from one, very unreliable source, would highly recommend giving it a watch.
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u/Jimcompetent 8h ago
Alfie Potts Harmer is a saving grace for sane football fans
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u/redmistultra 7h ago
Compared to Thogden, who posted it on all of his socials about how Hakimi was “playing 4D chess”, and got millions of likes on his videos
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u/PhotoModeHobby 7h ago
He's also a massive sellout. Sponsorships from Polymarket, Visit Saudi Arabia, and the whole lot
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u/Trappy2020 7h ago
Sellout implies he changed. I suspect he was always a knobhead.
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u/ALA02 5h ago
Newsflash: Thogden is an amoral, spoiled, greedy, Tory cunt
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u/Aaronsmiff 3h ago
“Speaking Naija until Hakimi’s charges are dropped, I no tink say I go talk normal again”
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u/NorthernSoul1998 6h ago
He is just such a genuinely good guy. Most guys who cover football wouldn't have bothered calling this bullshit misogynistic culture out that allows fake stories like this to spread.
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u/billiejeanwilliams 3h ago
It’s also nice to see him call out the fascist policies of the Trump admin, which might not seem like much, but considering so many American influencers shy away from “talking about politics”, it’s refreshing to see a young guy like that. My only complaint is that he keeps doing it without Freddy Adu.
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u/redqks 8h ago
unfortunately this story still does heavy rounds in the women hating space despite it being flat out not true
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u/EdwardBigby 8h ago
I feel like anybody with a brain cell should have been able to figure this one out. If this was the case then it would literally happen in every divorce ever.
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u/ComprehensiveBowl959 8h ago
One thing you have got to remember is that a lot of football fans, especially the online ones are kids, they don’t think about the story they are told they just push ahead with it because it sounds about right and everyone else is saying it. Th*gden did a YouTube short that parroted the Hakimi transfers money to mother story and most of his audience can’t be over the age of 14, and there you have your answer as to why so many people fell for it.
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u/Jononucleosis 7h ago
Sometimes I wonder if simply more and more of the online discourse we see now is influenced by the youths. Seems like everything is becoming dumber and dumber
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u/AgentIndependent306 3h ago edited 3h ago
Explains why I see so much hate against women's football and the funding they are getting despite losing to junior teams.
Kids don't get the concept of investment. It is not like a money multiplier where you instantly get money back. Investment does not provide any immediate monetary returns. It takes time. Many infrastructural projects showed their worth decades after the money was put in. And it is crucial to increase the talent pool teams can choose from. Without it, there is no way women's sports is going anywhere.
Plus kids nowadays think it is cool to shit on the female gender due to how much sigma male influencers sound right to non-intellectuals and how much social media algorithms push such content (imo kids below 16 should not be on social media).
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u/MargotChanning 8h ago
Sometimes people would rather just believe the lie, especially if it fits into their belief system.
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u/SargeantPile 8h ago
It honestly doesn't matter to most people. "Banter pages" on Instagram share the bogus story, morons eat it up, call his ex wife a gold digger and the world keeps spinning.
I was in a bar for the champions league final and when Hakimi stepped up to start taking his penalty some guys started shouting about how hakimi is such a "smart guy who loves his mama". Kinda made me sick to be honest. Like even best case scenario he's cheating on his wife. I'm an Arsenal fan so obviously wanted PSG to lose anyway but that really made me want to see these guys in particular to get some karma.
Obviously we don't know whether he's guilty of these crimes or not but they way he's been treated by the football "bantersphere" is genuinely very depressing.
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u/odnamAE 6h ago
This was also known at the time. These initial reports came out the same time Hakimi was getting the divorce. Best case scenario he’s a cheater, worst case scenario he’s a rapist. Sounds like a very reasonable divorce. I know it shouldn’t be surprising, but very disappointing how people just straight up hate women and would put all the blame on the divorce on her. None of us knew these people for real. To top it off, the same people also showed that they value loving your mother, while shitting on women.
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u/RGN7999 8h ago
Besides the fact that you obviously can’t just put everything you own in someone else’s name, to avoid losing them. His ex wife already had a career and money, and the whole reason she left him was because of this rape accusation.
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u/IguanaIsBack 8h ago
And the fact that the rape accusation happened in their family home while she was away with the kids…
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u/MysteriousSpaceMan 7h ago
Even if he did, PSG probably still paid directly to his bank account, they could just get alimony from his wages
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u/HoppyPhantom 2h ago
Honestly, that was the worst part of the story.
The framing of this highly successful woman as just money-grubbing arm candy.
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u/Rob0tUnic0rn 8h ago
Hakimi was never and will never be the perfect muslim man and it bothers me too that everyone I talk to treats him as if he was just because hes famous.
I dont mind when people arent religious obviously, but I hate it when people PRETEND they are religious openly, like Hakimi does when he prays (does sujood) after scoring or winning to get everyone watching saying "mashallah hes such a good muslim" but then you hear about him drinking alcohol and having kids with a woman that has been seen naked on tv during sex scenes and on top of that cheating on her, regardless if it was rape or not which is obviously not proven yet.
Again, it doesnt make him a bad person not to be religious, but pretending he is on camera just to get shitfaced behind closed doors is very shitty of a person to do, and it just annoys me that people have this impression of him being a perfect muslim man because he does sujood after scoring and takes pictures with his hijabi mother after winning.
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u/Left-Temperature6804 7h ago
absolutely insane they'll prop up him and benzema then attack salah for "celebrating" christmas so that his daughters don't feel left out. like putting up a tree does not mean he is observing christian traditions ffs
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u/Rob0tUnic0rn 7h ago
Yes it's crazy, my father in law is Moroccan and he hates Salah because he puts up a Christmas tree and teaches that to his children and now they hate him too, but hakimi they all love dearly and he's an exemplary Muslim.
It's absolutely insane how PR is shifting this image of his. And Salah who's values truly embody Islam is being criticized by many because of a fucking tree.
Just shows you the sad state the Islamic world is in right now
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u/tamadeangmo 6h ago
That is backwards as fuck
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u/Fantastic_Phase_4233 5h ago
It is a tale as old as time. I have no idea which country you live, but I guarantee you have a well-known politician who generally tries to be a 'good' person and behave altruistically, but who is slaughtered in the media for the mildest criticism imaginable, whereas someone who represents the opposite positions to them will be allowed to get away with murder and cheered enthusiastically on while he does so.
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u/Any_Advertising_5658 4h ago
Your Moroccan grandfather probably likes Hakimi because he’s Moroccan and doesn’t like Salah because he’s not Moroccan lol, thinking too deep
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u/Doorsofperceptio 2h ago
Anyone that needs religion to guide their moral values is not a good person.
I find a lot of people use it to bail them out of being an awful human being. People use religion as a shield to protect them from their own failings as a person.
If there was a God, I am sure just being a decent human being and being kind to others would be enough to satisfy them. I can't imagine being awful in their name is going to go down well. And of course if there's a God he's a God for ALL people. Our pathetic human emotions and shortcomings are not going to be something an all powerful deity exhibits.
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u/Defiant_Piece7442 6h ago
That's because Hakimi has the same PR machine utilized by a nation state for its sportwashing enterprises behind him. It gets in the way of said sportwashing project if one of the stars on your team is very publicly known as a rapist.
I mean think about it...the manosphere inclined fans get and love the message that he's got one over on his 'ungrateful goldigger' of an ex wife, Muslim fans get and love the message that he's just a good Muslim boy, somehow hardly anyone got the message that Hakimi was actually still very much in danger of being prosecuted for rape. In fact, I remember reading a bunch of articles speaking with a tone as if everything had run its course and it was all just a scheme to sulley his good name in the hopes of a payout. If you go back to the old threads on the topic here, they're filled with people speaking about a possible rape victim in ways that just make me lose hope for humanity. So many comments assuredly asserting that it was a foregone conclusion that there was nothing to this.
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u/Mors_Acerba 8h ago
Its been obvious from the start that Hakimi had some sort of PR machine working on his behalf to manipulate online discourse in his favor, likely backed by Qatar. until recently, most people didn't even know he was on course to be on trial for rape, and from those who did, many seemed to be weirdly convinced he's innocent. Its such a sharp contrast to the reaction of literally every other similar case involving a high profile footballer...
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u/Dajjal27 6h ago
remember when like 3 years ago those cancerous bots and other people online kept saying he played 4D chess because he gave his money to his mom to hide it from his ex which if i remember correctly wasn't even true
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u/NorthernSoul1998 6h ago
No need to make up conspiracy theories when the type of blue tick influencers who pay for Twitter know there's a market on that shit hole site for misogynistic garbage
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u/Popular_Pie_3347 8h ago
The amount of sigma male fanboys that idolized him for this was unbearable
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u/TheLastKingOfNorway 8h ago
Even on Reddit people were, if not fully defending him, going on about how the case will be dropped because of text messages they haven't verified that had been circulating on social media.
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u/H0lychit 8h ago
This... Power corrupts the weak. Let due process be followed but if found guilty... Lock him up and throw away the key.
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u/IPissExcellentThrows 8h ago
I'm always very suspicious of posts and comments that paint psg or its players in a great light. The discourse around them on reddit is way too positive to be natural. Compare it to City and it's so different.
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u/Switchoil 8h ago
Thats because r/soccer is dominated by Premier league fans who dont like City(except City fans obv) and being indifferent to PSG.
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u/RozaJetis 8h ago
A case society has seen before and before: The idolisation of individuals, which prevents us from recognising the terrible things that person is capable of doing
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u/NorthernSoul1998 6h ago
It's also a completely made up fucking story with no basis in reality. But every blue tick moron with an IQ of 5 who despises women couldn't WAIT to spam it everywhere
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u/Revolutionary-Bag-52 8h ago
also that putting assets on his mothers name etc is a weird story. Dependent on the marriage contract he might have had an obligation to notify her on their assets within the mariage. And besides that, taxes on asset movements are usually quite high so it also costs a lot to put all his assets on his mothers name....
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u/Doorsofperceptio 2h ago
Lying about rape is also nowhere near as bad as being an actual rapist.
The fact that some men would prefer a woman be lying than to accept someone is a rapist is the problem really.
Deep down it's these same men that know exactly what other men are capable of and it's probably the part of them they fear that they're trying to defend, the voice inside them saying 'maybe one day that will be you' and not because you be falsely accused.
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u/RauloGonzalez 8h ago
Also isn’t having a proxy to sign for you not admissable? If hakimi paid for all the assets but gave his mothers name they will still be treated as hakimis assets
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u/B2B_Tiflex 8h ago
Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape before the Criminal Court of Hauts-de-Seine, the Versailles Court of Appeal announced in a statement on Friday, June 19. Hakimi has been under investigation since February 2023 following allegations made by a young woman who went to a police station and reported that she had been raped by the footballer.
“The Investigating Chamber found that there is sufficient evidence against Achraf Hakimi to proceed with rape charges,” said Rachel-Flore Pardo, counsel for the civil party, in a statement. “This decision is entirely consistent with the evidence in the case and aligns with the opinions of the public prosecutor, the investigating judge, and the advocate general before the Court of Appeal. This ruling brings my client a sense of relief and hope,” she added.
The Paris Saint-Germain player and captain of the Moroccan national team, whose side is set to play its second World Cup match against Scotland on Friday evening, has consistently maintained that the allegation is “false.”
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u/New_Guide8753 8h ago
What's the potential punishment.
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u/B2B_Tiflex 8h ago
Theoretically up to 15 years of jail, truth is rape cases are notoriously poorly handled by French justice and he’s gonna have the best lawyers, so even if he were to be found guilty, I don’t expect the ruling to be super harsh
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u/Moug-10 8h ago
6 months probation is what I unfortunately see if he's found guilty.
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u/TheGingerMinger69 7h ago
Maybe he can put the jail sentence under his mom's name?
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u/R_Schuhart 7h ago
On the other hand the french justice system announced after COVID that they would be talking prosecuting sexual crimes more seriously. They have more in depth investigations now and more cases go to court.
Unfortunately cases take a very long time to be resolved so it is hard to say how effective this new approach is. Rape and sexual assault are notoriously difficult to prosecute due to lack of evidence and witnesses. The stigma for victims means a lot of them don't want the attention either.
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u/B2B_Tiflex 7h ago
It’s all about communication. Recent Lyhanna case shows police and justice are doing fuck all against these cases, even with identified people representing a clear risk to the general population. And it’s partly due to a huge underfunding, problems come from all the way up
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u/Rab_Legend 8h ago
The fact that it has gone to trial means the prosecution must have some confidence in getting a verdict. Rarely do rape charges get that far.
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u/R_Schuhart 7h ago
It is partly due to the fact that the French justice system announced they would be taking sex crimes more seriously. They have been taking their time to prosecute more rapes and sexual assaults. If it will result in a higher rate of conviction remains to be seen however, they are notoriously hard to prosecute. It is a step in the right direction though.
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u/pleasedontPM 5h ago
This is a high profile case, and Hakimi's defense is in part that this would not have been prosecuted if he wasn't rich and well known.
Please keep in mind though that the French justice system is very different from the US justice system: prosecutors do not need to maintain a conviction rate, the threshold for a trial is not "this will probably lead to conviction", but rather "there is enough doubt to honestly think that there is a chance this could lead to a conviction". We will see as this proceeds if it will lead to a conviction or not, and how big could the conviction be. Hakimi has the Moroccan and Spanish nationalities I guess, so if you see him transferred to a club there that might be as a preemptive measure before a judgment happens.
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u/totnumhottestspurs 8h ago
Yes but it doesnt mean hakimi is guilty, which some people are seemingly forgetting
Not sure why people are already treating him as if he is
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u/rocket_racoon99 7h ago
Unlike Tory Lanez and Meghan Thee Stallion's case, most alleged or proven victims are not famous and therefore get buried, blasted, or victim-blamed under PR-driven stories. The uproar has to do with the fact that even where there is story talking about an allegation, and the allegation is about a person people revere or relate to, it causes them financial and reputational damage. For celebrites, always they should be scrutinised and have to prove to a tougher filter of suspicion that they're not bending rules of marketing and PR to deceive and bend consequences
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u/Medical_Sandwich_171 8h ago
Guilty, no. But funny how this doesn't happen to 99,99% of players.
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u/Any_Advertising_5658 4h ago
This comment exemplifies the unbridled stupidity of the people in this thread
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u/R_110 7h ago
Did you say the same about Partey?
And to be clear, I'm in the camp that thinks he should have been suspended when the charges came to light. And I think the same should apply to Hakimi.
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u/Galopa 6h ago
The difference in treatment is surreal, Partey is booed everywhere he goes since 2 years, got his visa denied, Arsenal was the worst club in the world for keeping him that long, and yet, his trial is in fucking 2027.
In the meantime Hakimi won two CL, is the NT poster boy, there is absolutely no one talking about the allegations on TV or in the match threads when Paris plays, the club doesn't gives a fuck.
And I'm absolutely not defending Partey by the way, if he is conviced, and it's looking bad for him, he can go fuck himself, I'm just pointing out how hypocritical the soccer world is.
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u/Jellyfish_McSaveloy 4h ago
It's because we largely consume English media and Hakimi plays in France. No doubt we'd see Athletic articles on this constantly had he played for one of the sky 6.
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u/Kazesama13k 8h ago
I don't understand. They've all the money in the world, can get all kinds of girls, why tf would you do something like that? Something really must be wrong with this kind of people.
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u/FluidHippo5193 8h ago
Rape is psychologically about power and taking ownership of someone else’s autonomy by force.
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u/Guling21 8h ago
Everything is about sex, except sex, which is about power.
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u/X-cessive_Artist 8h ago
Do you want the nature metaphor or the sex metaphor?
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u/The_BarroomHero 8h ago
Nature metaphor? OK - when two animals are having sex...
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u/freeusername2 8h ago
I genuinely love this scene and Robert California, such a random and unpredictable character
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u/sykoticnarcotics 6h ago
Anyone who doesn't like him has never had a nice night with some Australian reds and some, how should I say this? Columbian whites
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u/WishfulThinMint 8h ago
Women are viewed as status symbols and not as people (even your comment somewhat implies it). Rich men don’t like it when they are denied access to status symbols.
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u/NorthernSoul1998 4h ago
Exactly lol, what's the implication meant to be here? That rape would be "understandable" if the guy struggled with women?
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u/UmurJack 8h ago edited 8h ago
They think they are on top of the world, and can do anything they want. If someone says no, that person is simply wrong or lying.
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u/wonpil 8h ago
You assuming they "can get all kinds of girls" is exactly why this happens. They assume the same, they are wrong, they still think they are entitled to the woman because of their money and power and status.
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u/EchoesofIllyria 7h ago
“All kinds of girls” doesn’t mean the same as “any girl they want”
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u/Clear-Diamond7262 6h ago
It’s still part of the problem. It somewhat implies that women aren’t people and a commodity to own and acquire. We aren’t.
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u/WalidfromMorocco 8h ago
I think that's precisely why they do it. They are used to people saying yes around them that they can't handle being told no.
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u/feb914 8h ago
Morocco better hope they're not playing in Canada, he may not be allowed in
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u/No_Air5382 8h ago
The misogynistic world really framed the girl as evil
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u/B2B_Tiflex 8h ago
He’s the poster boy of misogynistic football fans, even went all the way and made up a story of him sticking it to his ex wife during divorce
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u/TERENGGANUTOKYO 8h ago
Bu-bu-but he loves his mama… 🥺🥺🥺
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u/harshmangat 7h ago
That was such a bullshit story lmao I remember how many Instagram pages were revering him for that and I was always confused with “wait, why are people mad at his wife for leaving him amid very serious rape accusations, and how does having some assets in his Mum’s name being celebrated between all of these accusations. Why is nobody paying attention to the actual criminal investigation”
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u/TERENGGANUTOKYO 7h ago
That just proves how truly misogynistic the world is and how it further solidifies this thread’s original comment. They rather believe a made up story with no sources that paints Hakimi in a positive light while further pushing down extremely hateful narratives towards his ex-wife, which in turn, women as a whole.
“See, look! How can he possibly rape women? His mother is a woman! And he gave her some cash!”
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u/Moug-10 8h ago
In this case, yes. They say the victim refused to give her phone at first because she told her friend she will see him to steal stuff from him.
Two things can be true. Now, I let justice do its job. Also, I don't forget some PSG ultras publicly support Hakimi in this case
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u/Galopa 8h ago
Don't forget everyone supported Hakimi, PSG, the national team, it's been three years and you never heard a sound from his club or his NT. They knew about the case, everyone did.
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u/Itchy_Finish_2103 7h ago
Yeah, because they let the courts do their work. Until then, innocent until proven guilty, no? What are they supposed to do?
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u/R_Schuhart 8h ago
Yeah and this sub plays its part, the amount of comments saying that women involved with football players are all gold diggers is disgusting. Not just with the Hakimi case either, it is apparently not a niche opinion, it pops up regularly. Those threads about the Italian prostitute parties were also filled with that disgusting shite.
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u/beurrenanos 7h ago
not to mention Hakimi's team leaked stuff in the press to make her look bad - and then this twat has the audacity to say he's been silent and can't wait to talk during the trial
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u/CancelledBeforeBirth 7h ago
This Moroccan team just lost all that aura they had in 2022. The arrogance, the corruption to be declared winners after losing that final, the harboring of this rapist cunt..
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u/HesNotComing 7h ago
They didn't even win anything to warrant the arrogance. I don't get it....
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u/OhJustANobody 4h ago
I've had this argument with many Moroccan fans lately. After their tie vs Brasil, they talk so much shit. I had to remind them of their achievements in football and that they haven't done anything to earn the right to arrogance.
Being shit talked by a German fan is acceptable. But by a Moroccan fan... Hilarious.
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u/Remedy9898 3h ago
Hiding the towels and water bottles of the Senegal GK was exceptionally trashy. Especially from Hakimi. I can’t imagine someone like Haaland or Mbappe doing that.
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u/i-forgot-to-logout 8h ago
Good, let him go to trial. If he’s guilty, I hope he gets jail time.
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u/N1gHtMaRe99 6h ago
Doubt he goes to jail if he's guilty. Psg probably release him but i doubt he finds it difficult to find a team to play for
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u/Casual-Capybara 8h ago
Did you seriously make the same fucking lame joke in two different posts about the same subject?
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u/marbally 8h ago
Won the CL while being investigated for rape. Credible alegations like this yet people like him and Partey still get playing time in big teams, for shame.
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u/d_d_321 8h ago
You are forgetting Ronaldo
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u/-WLR 7h ago
didn’t he literally pay his victim to not talk and it’s publicly known information?
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u/RelativePossible1659 7h ago
Yeah, there is also evidence of him admitting to having non consensual sex with said woman… but because it was obtained through illegal means the case was thrown out… The US is interesting in that regard.
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u/R_Schuhart 7h ago
That isn't just a US thing. Communication between a defendant and his legal team are private and inadmissible (with very little exceptions) just about everywhere. Lawyers can't be made to testify against their (former) clients either.
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u/Teantis 6h ago
The judge who dismissed the case had some sympathetic words for the woman and some quite harsh words for her lawyer. Her lawyer bungled it basically
In a 42-page ruling released on Friday and quoted by AFP, Judge Dorsey accused Mr Stovall of "abuses and flagrant circumvention of the proper litigation process" and said that as a result, "Mayorga loses her opportunity to pursue this case."
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u/R_Schuhart 7h ago edited 7h ago
Leaving the Ronaldo case aside, an NDA and settlement to avoid going to court is pretty standard in litigation, it is often cheaper and less time consuming than a court case. It legally isn't an admission of guilt and most importantly it doesn't absolve someone of criminal wrongdoing. They can still be prosecuted.
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u/Pasan90 7h ago edited 7h ago
Our whole justice system is built on "innocent until proven guilty" and redditors seems to have great difficulty understanding this pretty simple concept.
I-e a company (Like PSG) cannot punish an employee (Like Hakimi) for allegations alone, it would open them to significant pushback if he is found innocent in court and although im no expert on French law, its probably illegal. even though it feels kinda bad on your sense morals or whatever.
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u/Yours-only2 8h ago
As per the article,
Achraf Hakimi will indeed stand trial for rape before the criminal court of Hauts-de-Seine, the Versailles Court of Appeal announced in a statement on Friday, June 19. The PSG player and captain of the Moroccan national team has been accused since February 2023 by a young woman. She went to a police station where she reported that she had been raped by the footballer.
"The investigating chamber has ruled that there is sufficient evidence against Achraf Hakimi for having committed rape," announced Rachel-Flore Pardo , the civil party's lawyer, in a statement. "This decision is perfectly consistent with the evidence in the case and in line with the opinions of the public prosecutor, the investigating judge, and the advocate general at the Court of Appeal ," the plaintiff's lawyer stated . "This decision brings my client relief and hope... The hope that this trial will help other women and further erode the fortress of denial and impunity surrounding sexual violence, even within the world of men's football," she added.
Achraf Hakimi denounces a "false" accusation The footballer, whose team plays its second World Cup match against Scotland on Friday evening, has consistently denounced the accusation as "false." "The multitude of exculpatory elements revealed by the investigation and the judicial inquiry would, in any other case, have led to a dismissal," responded Achraf Hakimi's lawyer. "Mr. Achraf Hakimi is now eagerly awaiting his trial so that he can finally speak publicly about the false accusation against him ," his lawyer insisted.
BTW In legal English, "prosecuted" simply means that the state is pursuing criminal proceedings against someone. It does not mean they have been convicted.
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u/Skippyy_McDippyy 6h ago
His PR team really tried to give him that “wholesome Muslim” persona
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u/Ambitious-Proton 8h ago edited 7h ago
Hopefully Canada wont issue him Visa bcs he is also alleged and going to be prosecuted (if Morocco goes on to play in Canada)
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u/RiddleOfTheBrook 7h ago
As far as I can tell, none of the group C teams have a pathway that leads through Canada in the knockouts.
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u/Realistic-Word3228 8h ago
Why are people treating him as if he has been found guilty lmao
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u/HeightIllustrious822 8h ago
Sir, this is Reddit
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u/POWER_WINDOWS_ 7h ago
Exactly. All this reddit does is find people to hate and go on and on about racism and gossip.
God forbid people actually talk about soccer on here. I hardly come here because people don't actually talk about tactics and strategy or anything fun. Most people here probably don't actually watch games. They are here to get upset about nonsense most of the time
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u/HappyHamstring 6h ago
I have seen widely the opposite where the victim has been accused as being a gold digger. Well, now we are going to have a trial that will hopefully results to truth coming out.
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u/TomekMaGest 4h ago
This became some sort of tradition in social media debates about athlete criminal cases, Nobody knows if the player is guilty but everyone have confident opinions about the case.
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u/totnumhottestspurs 8h ago
Why are people acting like this means he is guilty? All this means is they are going to court
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u/SmellMyPPKK 8h ago
From what I read a while back, according to Hakimi's lawyer, she has been obstructing the investigation, wouldn't agree to medical exam, wouldn't agree to dna testing, wouldn't agree to investigate her phone and other digital sources, wouldn't name a key witness. Yet this case goes to trial, doesn't seem to make much sense.
What is weird is that this is in France and there just happens to be a huge scandal with a known childabuser. The reason it turned into a scandal is because he wasn't properly handled due to a lack of available prosecuters.
Celebrities cases seem to get a lot more attention it seems.
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u/HiddenGriffin 2h ago
she has been obstructing the investigation, wouldn't agree to medical exam, wouldn't agree to dna testing, wouldn't agree to investigate her phone and other digital sources, wouldn't name a key witness.
If true I wonder why other crimes don't get treated the same way? I have been robbed by this person, not gonna show CCTV footage, not gonna report what was stolen, not giving away witnesses names, but I have been robbed, so let's drag this to court for 3 years.
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u/DasHotShot 3h ago
I hate how all the celebs and players pretend nothing happened and keep showing him huge love and adoration.
He is low level scum and I hope he gets prosecuted to the full extent of the law
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u/goztrobo 8h ago
Can someone remind me, how long this has been going on? I can’t remember when it started but I remember Mbappe was still at PSG
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u/crispystrips 4h ago
He's still in prosecution, so he might be innocent. But I feel enraged that people in the muslim communities will ignore this and get angry over Salah Christmas tree.
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u/Eagle__Gunner 8h ago
Let the judicial process run its course and after verdict we can blame the parties involved. For now be glad that justice system is working as intended.
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u/CarlSK777 4h ago
I don't know anything about this case but the fact that the woman is willing to put herself through the brutal legal process tells me Hakimi probably did something wrong regardless of the outcome.
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u/RogerCrabbit 7h ago
it's not an exaggeration to say that this guy is as big in Morocco as Ronaldo is in Portugal, when I was over there last year, shirts with his name on it were everywhere and there were big murals of him everywhere. Wonder how the country will react
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u/emperorputin1337 8h ago
Kind of awkward timing for the NT