Kylian Mbappe has blasted a report that police are investigating a rape at a hotel where he was staying with friends in Sweden as ‘fake news’.
The footballer was visiting Sweden with friends from Wednesday to Friday last week, staying at the Bank Hotel in the city centre.
On Thursday, the Real Madrid star visited the Chez Jolie restaurant, before heading to the V nightclub and finally back to his hotel in a black van with his entourage.
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that police are investigating a rape at the central Stockholm hotel, which allegedly happened Thursday night.
But Mbappe shared a newspaper article on the alleged rape on X and wrote: ‘Fake News! It’s becoming so predictable, just before the [game] as if by chance.’
The footballer was visiting Sweden with friends from Wednesday to Friday last week, staying at the Bank Hotel in the city centre
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that police are investigating a rape at the central Stockholm Bank Hotel (pictured) where Mbappe was staying, which allegedly happened Thursday night
But Mbappe shared a newspaper article on the alleged rape on X and wrote: ‘Fake News!’
On Thursday, the Real Madrid star visited the Chez Jolie restaurant (pictured left after leaving the restaurant with his friends), before heading to the V nightclub and finally back to his hotel in a black van with his entourage
Investigators and a forensic unit were at the alleged crime scene on Monday, according to Aftonbladet.
The newspaper reported that the alarm over the alleged rape was raised when the woman ‘sought care’ at a local hospital.
Mbappe left Sweden’s Bromma airport in a private jet on Friday.
The prosecutor in charge of the rape investigation declined to comment on the case, telling local media: ‘I will not say anything about this.’
Stockholm police issued a similar statement to MailOnline via spokesperson Carina Skagerlind: ‘The police can neither confirm or deny such a case.’
According to Aftonbladet, no suspects have been named in the case yet.
MailOnline has contacted the local prosecutor’s office as well as Bank Hotel for comment.
Thursday evening, when Mbappe was seen in the V nightclub in Stockholm, was the same night his French teammates beat Israel 4-1.
Mbappe has faced criticism in his home country France for skipping their Nations League games against Israel and Belgium while being available to play for his club Real Madrid.
The footballer picked up a muscle injury to his hamstring last month but made his return to the pitch off the bench in his club’s Champions League defeat at Lille last Wednesday before seemingly jetting off to Stockholm.
He also played in most of Real Madrid’s game against Villarreal on the weekend, but indicated that he now needed more rest as part of his recovery from his hamstring injury.
France coach Didier Deschamps had announced that he left Mbappe out of the national squad lineup, saying the 25-year-old lacked preparation, having played too few matches.
In a video released by the French Football Federation (FFF) on Monday, Deschamps said: ‘Kylian embodies a lot of things… the interests of the clubs and the interests of the national teams inevitably diverge.
‘We must also remember that the employer is the club, not the federation.’
Mbappe is France’s captain and with him – and vice-captain Antoine Griezmann, missing games, Deschamps said others had to take on the role during the games Mbappe missed.
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