Kylian Mbappe has labeled as “fake news” a report that police are investigating a rape at a hotel where he was staying with friends in Sweden.
The footballer was visiting Sweden with friends from Wednesday to Friday last week and stayed 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 eventually returning to his hotel with his entourage in a black van.
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that police are investigating a rape at the central Stockholm hotel that reportedly took place on Thursday evening.
But Mbappe shared a newspaper article about the alleged rape on X, writing: ‘Fake News! It becomes so predictable, right before the [game] as if it were a coincidence.’
The footballer was visiting Sweden with friends from Wednesday to Friday last week and stayed at the Bank Hotel in the city center
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that police are investigating a rape at the central Stockholm Bank Hotel (photo) where Mbappé was staying, which allegedly took place on Thursday evening.
But Mbappé shared a newspaper article about 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 eventually returning to his hotel with his entourage in a black van.
According to Aftonbladet, investigators and a forensic unit were at the scene of the crime on Monday.
The newspaper reported that the alarm was raised about the alleged rape when the woman “sought care” at a local hospital.
Mbappé left Sweden’s Bromma Airport on 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 through spokesperson Carina Skagerlind: “The police can neither confirm nor deny such a case.”
According to Aftonbladet, no suspects have yet been named in the case.
MailOnline has contacted the local public prosecutor’s office and the Bank Hotel for comment.
On Thursday night, when Mbappé appeared at V nightclub in Stockholm, it was the same night his French teammates defeated Israel 4-1.
Mbappe has been criticized in his home country France for skipping the Nations League matches against Israel and Belgium while he was available to play for his club Real Madrid.
The footballer suffered a muscle injury to his hamstring last month, but returned to the pitch after his club’s Champions League defeat in Lille last Wednesday, before apparently heading to Stockholm.
He also played most of Real Madrid’s match against Villarreal this weekend, but said he now needed more rest as he continues his recovery from his hamstring injury.
Mbappe is pictured above leaving the Chez Jolie restaurant in Stockholm with his friends on Thursday evening
Mbappe was part of the France team that won the 2018 World Cup and scored 48 goals in 86 caps for his country, making him the third highest scorer of all time for France
France coach Didier Deschamps had announced he had left Mbappe out of the national team squad, saying the 25-year-old lacked preparation having played too few games.
In a video released by the French Football Federation (FFF) on Monday, Deschamps said: ‘Kylian embodies many 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 matches, Deschamps said others should take on the role.
He was part of the France team that won the World Cup in 2018 and scored 48 goals in 86 appearances for his country, making him the third highest scorer of all time for France.