Monaco and France ahead Wissam Ben Yedder has been charged with “rape, attempted rape and sexual assault” over alleged acts dedicated on the Cote d’Azur final month, prosecutors in Nice stated on Friday. Ben Yedder has been positioned beneath judicial supervision and needed to pay bail of 900,000 euros ($987,000), the Nice prosecutor’s workplace advised AFP. In July, public prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme confirmed “the existence of two allegations of rape, from two victims, targeting two people”.

According to radio station France Info, two girls, aged 19 and 20, accused Ben Yedder and his youthful brother, of getting “forced them into sexual acts” after an evening out.

Ben Yedder’s brother has additionally been indicted on the identical fees.

The 32-year-old Wissam Ben Yedder has received 19 caps for France however final performed worldwide soccer in June 2022.

Ben Yedder, who beforehand performed for Toulouse and Sevilla, has scored 98 objectives for Monaco since becoming a member of the principality membership in 2019.

He was current at coaching with Monaco on Friday forward of their Ligue 1 season opener towards Clermont on Sunday.

In April, Ben Yedder was convicted of tax fraud by a Spanish courtroom throughout his time at Sevilla and was handed a six-month suspended jail sentence and a advantageous of 133,798 euros ($149,753).

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