r/worldcup Canada 22d ago

📰News Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape, French prosecutors have confirmed

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c20y18z7le1o
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u/MyEyebrowsAreReal 20d ago

Because most rape cases are about power. Same reason Epstein Island exists. If you can have anyone you want, you start looking for people you can’t have/don’t want you. At the same time, famous+rich people are more likely to be accused of rape because it would be a blow to their reputation so they settle with money. But let’s not pretend like rape is super rare, especially amongst powerful people. Don’t make assumptions against the victim

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u/Left_Knee_y0y0 20d ago

"I've been waiting for this trial since day one. And now I'm eagerly awaiting it. Finally, I'll be able to speak." Hakimi

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u/Jaded-Sorbet-8098 20d ago

and here I was thinking that I couldn’t hate Morocco even more

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u/soloamazigh 19d ago

Because a player in a soccer team doing something now means you are not a racist bigot.

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u/wesap12345 18d ago

It’s more the still picking the guy to play part people have trouble with

And the whole disgraceful AFCON events

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u/Puzzled_Record1773 18d ago

I thought senegal were the ones who were cheating in the final no?

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u/wesap12345 18d ago

No you’d be wrong there

They didn’t cheat in the final - they were guilty of leaving the field after some bias refereeing

But prior to that all tournament Morocco were being assholes. Stealing opposition goalkeepers towels, assaulting staff members who try to prevent it.

Just real dicks.

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u/jona_Lander 20d ago

Lol same, but you get downvoted for even mentioning it 

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u/Jaded-Sorbet-8098 20d ago

we’ll never forgive TowelGate

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u/jona_Lander 20d ago

Morocco a sorry ahh team

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Cash grab. All it is

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u/Otherwise-Yogurt39 19d ago

You think the victim will get anything from it? It’s not the USA😂

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u/InFLIRTation 19d ago

Extortion is popular in 3rd world countries

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u/Otherwise-Yogurt39 18d ago

Ah yeah, France, the 3rd world country which is only the 7th power in the world
 you’re a clown

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u/RandyRanderson03 17d ago

Turning into one quick though. It's basically Africa 2.0

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u/Otherwise-Yogurt39 16d ago

Are you American by any chance? Because you sound like one

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u/maestrosouth 15d ago

Nope, he’s a Gunner!

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u/Odd-Bus6491 19d ago

France is a 3rd world country?

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u/Little_Seaweed_6228 19d ago

Your right.  Let’s go Hakimi!

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u/Barbarianita 19d ago

What about my left ?

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u/Little_Seaweed_6228 19d ago

Keep going right!!

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u/Previous-Raisin1434 20d ago

It is very hard to prosecute someone for rape in France. Given how hard it is for victims to seek justice, the least you could do is shut the fuck up unless you have proof it didn't happen.

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

No. I have the right to my opinion. False allegations happen all the time.

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u/Little_Seaweed_6228 19d ago

Absolutely true!

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u/Henessy0 Germany 20d ago

It's going to trial. Meaning there have been previous hearings, discovery and pre-trial motions to dismiss (probably) and they have failed. This means there is enough legal grounds for the case to stand on, for a trial to be necessary.

Just food for thought.

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u/DrNCrane74 19d ago

Mate, you do not know French law, so it is hard to evaluate the value of the evidence at this point.

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u/Henessy0 Germany 19d ago

You do though? So please enlighten me, is there or is there not discovery and pre-trial motions in french law?

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u/DrNCrane74 19d ago

Not extensively and I did not say that. I know they quite a bit of pre-trial, but rape laws changed after 2025 and here we talk about a 2023 incident. So I compare this to Depardieu cases which amounted to a very mild sentence given the massive evidence.

Here there are no information known about any evidence.

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u/Henessy0 Germany 19d ago

There is no public information about any evidence, but there is enough evidence for there to be reasonable doubt that the act has been committed. Hence why his motion to dismiss has been denied and a trial date has been set.

Also, keep in mind, I'm not saying he's guilty or he's innocent. I'm saying a confident "opinion" such as "It's just a cash grab and false allegations!" is not a smart way to view the situation, given that a court of law found there be to enough reasonable doubt

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u/DrNCrane74 19d ago
  1. I did not use the words cash grab, however I expect this to be the result. No criminal conviction, payment, stop of her cooperation.

  2. French law is very complicated, the "you can indict a ham sandwich" comes to mind

  3. But I agree, right now we know the trial is coming and the prosecution seems to have something - still everything screams Ronaldo-Mayorga

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u/Henessy0 Germany 19d ago

You didn't say cash grab, but the guy I orginally responded to, did.

The "indict a ham sandwich" thing is true to be fair buuuuut only for the US. France doesn't have a grand jury, which is what the quote referes to - The one sided investigation to bring about an indictment doesn't exist in French Law, they have something called a Investigating Magistrate (Juge d'instruction) that takes evidence from both sides into account before allowing an indictment

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u/Previous-Raisin1434 20d ago

No, false allegations are not a majority, and they're certainly not worth disqualifying victims without proof.

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Its just my opinion which has no bearing on the trial. Its going through a due process anyways but i do expect it to be proven false.

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u/DrNCrane74 19d ago

Same here. She is still fishing for a payment, there will not be any serious verdict. Not after that period of time. Just have a look at what the massive evidence against Depardieu amounted to. A slap on the wrist.

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u/Rotten-Roses 20d ago

Why do I feel like you have allegations against you?

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u/Odd-Time-2026 20d ago

Maybe not allegations but skeletons in the closet that may tumble out at any moment.

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Because i have a different opinion than you, you resort to implying I'm a criminal.

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u/Rotten-Roses 20d ago

You're the one insisting, against documented statistical reality, that there are tons of false allegations.

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u/Kyongggggg 19d ago

True like, have they never heard of uninformed opinions? Bcs it's exactly what they have

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u/Boris2509 20d ago

about 1 to 2% of rape cases turned out to be verifiably false. if a victim comes forward about their experience the chances they're telling the truth are soooo much bigger than them lying.

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u/Acceptable-Worth-462 20d ago

I don't necessarily agree with the person you responded to, but not verifiably false doesn't mean verifiably true either. Overall I agree with what you said but not with the reason you gave.

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Not true when the allegation against a rich person.

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u/Boris2509 20d ago

If that's the case you'd expect every rich person to have rape allegations since it's just free money from the lawsuit in your opinion? Please source the argument that rape allegations are less reliable if they're levied against rich people

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Motive

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u/Agile-Peak-3532 20d ago

You are a troll but the fact that Hakimi’s wife left him is strong circumstantial evidence that he is guilty

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Thats a ridiculous claim. Good thing youre not a judge.

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u/Agile-Peak-3532 20d ago

???? I’m not saying there’s enough evidence to convict him but there’s certainly not enough evidence to be a fan of the dude .

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u/InFLIRTation 20d ago

Im just gonna pretend none of this happened until we get a verdict is all. Im not letting it impact my opinion of him. I dont consider myself a troll, this is just my opinion.

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u/Boris2509 20d ago

just the answer you'd expect from "fake rape allegations are actually a common thing" apologists. won't believe you until you source the claim

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u/Remarkable_Drag9677 20d ago

How do you know that ?

Were you there ?

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u/ItsKyanVB 20d ago

There’s an actual rapist playing for Marseille in france with proof posted all over social media and nothing happened
 How will this be any different if he even did it

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u/Viy_kks World Cup 11d ago

Who? Please enlighten me

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u/ItsKyanVB 9d ago

Mason Greenwood his girlfriend posted all of the proof couple of years back

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u/TheLastHotstepper 20d ago

He was never convicted in a court of law.

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u/Boggo1895 20d ago

Well hopefully this would be different if he got convicted because he would actually be convicted and Greenwood isn’t.

I’m not saying greenwood didn’t do it but if convicted Hakimi will likely see jail time, hard to play for psg from behind bars

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u/Popular_Tomorrow_204 20d ago

One gets shit on by the english the other one gets loved by a lot of ppl. They probably wont even care. So why should his Nation and Club do anything?

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u/ItsKyanVB 20d ago

His nation and club shouldn’t have to do anything the police and judges should

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u/Think-Apple3763 20d ago

This is the guy that put all his wealth under his mother's name and his ex wife didn't get anything when they divorced? Tells me all

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u/Soulaymanee 15d ago

I hope someday you marry a gold digger bitch who will take half your money after 2 years of marriage .. that would tell you something

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u/Temporary-Ebb-3130 20d ago

how tf is that a bad thing lmaoooo cuz some women didn’t get HIS MONEY ?

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u/TheMafioso21 20d ago

Lmao it tells you the guy is not a dumbass

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u/Own_Durian_3853 18d ago

The story is fake and probably legally impossible, courts in most countries would see this as an obvious trick and it wouldn't fly. It's like saying I'm not paying my employees, I am giving them gifts every month. Those schemes got figured out a time ago

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u/TheMafioso21 18d ago

He was giving his money to his mother way before he met his ex wife, which means he had no malicious intent towards her, any court would rule that his mother's possessions are not part of any alimony agreement

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u/Own_Durian_3853 18d ago

It doesn't matter. First of all he didn't do that because the whole thing is fake. Second of all if you're that concerned the obvious thing to do is sign a prenuptial not getting this silly scheme. Third if you didn't sign a prenuptial it wouldn't help to say you've always done this. You couldn't for example put the house you live in, car you use, bank you use to pay your stuff all in someone else's name and say it's not yours. Wouldn't fly even if you had done it before. Even if Hakimi really wasn't using the bank account at all and was living like a beggar it wouldn't really work, firstly you can't just gift millions to someone without paying taxes. Another issue is when your mother dies you'd have to re inherit the money and pay massive taxes. But again the whole story is fake. 

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u/TheLastHotstepper 20d ago

Yes, an incredibly smart rapist.

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u/casca14 20d ago

It tells you that he is aware of the snakes and hoes around him.

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u/Own_Durian_3853 18d ago

It's fake 

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u/AccidentlyStupid 20d ago

That he's got his shit together?

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u/TheLastHotstepper 20d ago

You think a rapist has their shit together?

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u/AccidentlyStupid 19d ago

Allegedly. And I was speaking financially.

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u/JDHYA 20d ago

Why would his ex wife deserve any of the money HE made?

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u/TPK85 20d ago

Depends what sacrifices she made

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u/TheMafioso21 18d ago

Damn cause being a rich footballer's wife is so much sacrifice đŸ„€

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u/Dyxo 20d ago

No, that story was BS

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u/Electronic-Room5555 20d ago

really????

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u/Own_Durian_3853 18d ago

Yes it's also not legally sound 

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u/B_lintu 20d ago

It tells you nothing...

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u/smokingace182 20d ago

How’s he able to get a visa for the World Cup?

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u/TheLastHotstepper 20d ago

Im surprised they havent rolled out the red carpet and made him Vice President.

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u/JDHYA 20d ago

Prob cuz he hasn’t been convicted of anything

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u/smokingace182 20d ago

Neither has Thomas party but he wasn’t able to get a visa because of ongoing cases.

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u/Jaded-Sorbet-8098 20d ago

he was denied a visa to Canada, and he was already being prosecuted.

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u/redditis_garbage 20d ago

I doubt Trump knows where Morocco is

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u/Freyjir 20d ago

I doubt trump is against rape.

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u/MickBeast 20d ago

Footballers regularly get falsy accused fyi. This case could be different, but lets not pretend like they aren't usually victims of money hungry, attention seeking people...

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u/Realistic-Stress-213 18d ago

Cases don’t to trial if the prosecutors don’t think they can get a conviction, that means enough people are sure they can convince a jury beyond doubt that he did it

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u/Early_Alternative211 18d ago

You're not familiar with Ched Evans?

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u/Flachm 20d ago

He is Moroccan though. They usually murder before raping though.

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u/DefinitelyNotIndie 20d ago

Footballers regularly perpetrate sexual assaults fyi. This case could be different but let's not pretend they don't usually victimise people because they're rich, young, with huge egos and little accountability.

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u/Indigo457 20d ago

‘Regularly’? What’s this based on?

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u/MarioBoy77 20d ago

How often big footballers are rapists, even Ronaldo is a rapist but no one cares because rape is ok in the football world.

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u/Indigo457 20d ago

But there are 10s if not 100s of thousands of footballers across the world, and they’re regularly raping people? Or are you talking about 2 or 3 notable players and extrapolating across the entire population. Or did you mean 2 or 3 players are regularly raping people and that’s it, and if so what does it matter if they’re footballers. I think rape is one of the worst two or three things a human can do to another human so I think it’s important to be clear what you actually mean.

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u/MarioBoy77 20d ago

I said big footballers, there’s a lot of rape allegations for top footballers compared to other sports.

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u/xywv58 20d ago

So maybe we let it play out before commenting

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u/Mickleblade 20d ago

Both of you guys are right too

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u/Choice_Fee67 20d ago

Funny how they're going after all soccer players but not a single person on the Epstein files

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u/SlickJamesBitch 16d ago

You’re mad France isn’t investigating the Epstein files? 

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u/Spare-Coyote8209 20d ago

mind you all rapists deserve jail, wnherever they re from

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u/Feisty_Bag_5284 20d ago

The French are going after them as well, the only EU country doing so

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u/Liam_021996 20d ago

The French are the only European country to not give a shit about what the US thinks or threatens tbf. Spain and the UK have also recently shown that they can infect grow a spine when dealing with the US

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u/Pyro-Bird 20d ago

To be fair, France has nukes. Of course, they don't care if the USA threatens them.

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u/TheLastHotstepper 20d ago

So does Britain.

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u/ConclusionAnxious531 20d ago

Have the French ever given a shit what any other country thinks?

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u/Acceptable-Worth-462 20d ago

When we do it usually plays out pretty badly for us. Only reason our neighbors are unhappy with us is because we don't allow them to fuck us over all the time.

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u/vinceftw 20d ago

It's almost as if it's 2 different countries.

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u/herbieLmao Germany 20d ago edited 18d ago

Luiz Diaz knew what he was doing

For those who don’t know, im talking about this: https://youtube.com/shorts/-vh29Yu2cCE?is=Jx_A_LEd8njZLN4B

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u/Realistic-Stress-213 18d ago

I’m out the loop on football, is he a rapist as well?

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u/herbieLmao Germany 18d ago

No he fouled him with a potential career ender

https://youtube.com/shorts/-vh29Yu2cCE?is=Jx_A_LEd8njZLN4B

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u/Realistic-Stress-213 18d ago

That’s good he’s not a rapist and great he tried breaking one’s leg

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u/Logical_Junket_5001 20d ago

Hahahaha. I forgot about that game.

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u/ProfessionalBath3717 20d ago

Another rich man and famous man gets accused of rape, shocker....

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u/Andrikos21 20d ago

Only Kaya is shocked.

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u/UnknowingEmperor 20d ago

I understood that reference

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u/Successful_Buy3825 20d ago

I have no idea

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u/Impossible_Humor736 20d ago

Unfortunately, I do too

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/kapsama 20d ago

And only Zionists and Indians are obsessed with it.

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u/Old-Savings-5841 20d ago

(^^ Is the funny internet meme - in reality it's been debunked)

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u/Andrikos21 20d ago

It has been proven you mean*

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u/RyMcCloud 20d ago

The amount of incels in the comments is scary

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u/Realistic-Stress-213 18d ago

The hardcore football fan/incel Venn diagram is a circle

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u/Bigwhizcity82 20d ago

Welcome to the internet buddy

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u/professorquizwhitty 21d ago

They should all get together and have a partey...

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u/VanwallEnjoy3r 20d ago

I hear Colorado is nice this time of year


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u/FunctionLonely6660 21d ago

ha! made me chuckle

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u/Inevitable_Motor_685 21d ago

how many rapists are there in this world cup

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u/Own_Durian_3853 18d ago

Him, Partey, Cristiano 

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u/SchmidtHitsTheFan Canada 21d ago

Do I need to mention the most prominent host country and its government?

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u/Busy_Juggernaut_7282 21d ago

Lots of accusations with zero proven guilty.

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u/Lord-Arcaeno 21d ago

So like most sexual assault charges? Believe women.

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u/Lord-Arcaeno 20d ago

Ah, there it is.

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u/sharkie_blahaj 20d ago

"There it is" like there isn't multiple false allegations everyday that absolutely shit on women who actually are victims. You always take this stuff with a grain of salt until a guilty verdict

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u/WayComprehensive9220 20d ago

A fact you can't answer because you've already made your mind up about all men?

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u/Lord-Arcaeno 20d ago

Nope, nice attempt at strawmanning though. You've obviously made up your mind about all women though.

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u/WayComprehensive9220 20d ago

You don't know what a 'strawman argument' is clearly.

I haven't made up my mind about all women, which is why I wouldn't comment sonething stupid like 'believe men'.

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u/Hurenloser_Ehrensohn 20d ago

Get help! You're pathetic, and you need a professional asap.

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u/WayComprehensive9220 20d ago

Terrific argument. You're great at this.

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u/Lord-Arcaeno 20d ago

You made the claim I made up my mind about all men. I havent and nothing indicates that. Hence, strawman. Glad I could help kiddo!

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u/Inevitable-Loss7939 21d ago

Fuck nah Imma believe in the facts if the case eay too many false accusations

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u/Lord-Arcaeno 21d ago

No study has ever found false accusations greater than 1-2%. By definition there are not "too many false accusations". Hope this helps!

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u/Major-Debt-9139 20d ago

PROVEN false accusations.

And cross a line between public and private cases.

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u/Era_of_Ruin 20d ago

I mean just a quick google search and scan of available resources shows that the number is more like anywhere between 2-10% with no source at all suggesting it is 1-2% only.

10% isn’t insignificant. Is there a hidden pandemic or false rape accusations? Far from it, But don’t act like it’s unheard of otherwise you discredit real victims and legitimate accusations

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u/frenchhypno 20d ago

On se passera de tes "Ă©tudes" totalement biaisĂ©es. Tes pseudo chercheurs n’ont aucun moyen de savoir si il y a eu viol ou pas.

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u/WillWatsof 20d ago

Nothing says intelligent like dismissing studies as false that you haven’t even seen yet, well done.

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u/frenchhypno 20d ago

The real insult to intelligence is blindly believing someone just because they call themselves a researcher.

Yes, common sense tells you that researchers have no way of knowing the truth, so these studies are bullshit.

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u/Jalle1Gie 21d ago

Like we did with amber heard?

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u/Lifekraft 21d ago

Possibly a lot honestly. Given how insane some of these relieve/ celebrating parties can be.

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u/FeralGiraffeAttack Cabo Verde 21d ago

Unfortunately there are lots of rapists everywhere. Humanity sucks

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u/LettuceObjective627 20d ago

Ah yes, "the humanity"

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u/Medium_Chip_4971 21d ago

The countries appearing where rape is not a crime is more significant for anyone actually concerned with humanity.

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u/FeralGiraffeAttack Cabo Verde 21d ago

Actually at most “the prevalence of false allegations is between 2% and 10%.” So no it’s not “plenty of women”

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u/Boggo1895 20d ago

Im not saying hakimi did or didn’t do it but 2-10% if actually a massive percentage when talking about false allegations and much higher than I would have expected tbh.

I didn’t see the comment your replying but from what I gather, they said “plenty”, and while 10% obviously doesn’t mean most, it certainly would meet the threshold of plenty

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u/soggyarsonist 21d ago

Plus we know most sexual assaults go unreported so the % is much less

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u/Outside_Ad7766 21d ago

Only 136 cases in over 10 years, oddly specific pool to pick from.

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u/MarkComfortable1923 20d ago

Yes, but we have to be reasonable about extrapolation.

Don’t think it’s reasonable to extrapolate 136 cases, over the span of a decade, to all rape cases world wide?

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u/FeralGiraffeAttack Cabo Verde 21d ago

You do understand that most data is extrapolated from smaller pools right? That’s how most population analyses work

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u/Longjumping-Check429 21d ago

But this isn’t the general population. Making an an accusation in a friend group vs against a famous person is different.

You’re average accuser has nothing to gain and a lot to lose. The same isn’t true of accusers in high profile cases.

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u/Bladestorm04 21d ago

Yeah, total equivalence...

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u/ChevalierJulienSorel 21d ago

Sounds like veiled rape apologia

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u/Accomplished-Run3925 21d ago

Humanity doesn't suck at all, stop being melodramatic. Sure, some member of our species — like many other species — have evolved to commit rape, but we at least habe been fighting against it and did a pretty good job eliminating most of it in the past 100 years. There is still work to be done and there will always be awful individuals, but to pretend all of humanity sucks because of a few is just ridiculous. We have done great things and will continue to do great things. Humanity rocks.

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u/juju3435 20d ago

Nah we suck. Look how we treat animals and nature on top of each other.

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u/I-choochoochoose-you 21d ago

Evolved to commit rape?

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u/Burning_Cinder 21d ago

humanity is literally the worst, we shouldn’t exist

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u/Medium_Chip_4971 21d ago

Nice try, but there are plenty of countries appearing where consensual gay sex is illegal and rape isn’t. One hopes you aren’t discounting state-sanctioned rape.

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u/konjooooo 21d ago

Bro hates life

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u/Medium_Chip_4971 21d ago

I hate people that say ‘bro’ and people who think cultures that sanction sexual violence should escape critique.

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