Wissam Ben Yedder, The former Sevilla player was arrested for alleged sexual assault and will face trial on October 15. This is the fourth charge against the forward, who was already accused of rape, sexual assault and attempted rape of two youths aged 18 and 19 and who allegedly agreed with another 22-year-old to pay 1.6 million euros to avoid being reported.
Today, Ben Yedder is being held in the French department of Alpes Maritimes. The events allegedly occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday, in the player’s car. He was arrested and summoned before the judge. He was subjected to judicial supervision for which he was prohibited from leaving the Alpes-Maritimes, from going out between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and from contacting the victim, in addition to reporting to the police station twice a week.
The alleged sexual assault committed by Ben Yedder This would come at a time when the 34-year-old striker would find himself without a team. The player terminated his contract with Monaco last June and has been on the market ever since. This situation only complicates his future, which is why the footballer’s retirement seems more than imminent.
According to the French newspaper The Team, Ben Yedder He allegedly tried to sexually abuse a woman on the night of Friday, September 6, after a party.After meeting the victim at a party, he allegedly tried to abuse her several times in his car.“, the newspaper reveals. The same media indicates that on October 15 he would be summoned to court to clarify whether he really committed the acts he is accused of.
Ben Yedder is accused again
This is not the first time he has been involved in a similar situation. Last summer, in August 2023, he was already accused of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault in Good. Two women, aged 19 and 20, reported him and his brother for forcing them to have sex with them during a party he was organizing in Beausoleil on July 10, 2023.
The footballer’s extra-sporting scandals were one of the reasons that led him to find himself without a team at the start of the season. The French footballer terminated his contract with Monaco on June 30, after five seasons in the ranks of the principality team, with which, last season alone, he scored 20 goals in 34 games.
Even though his performance was very good, the club decided not to extend his contract and the former player of Seville He did not find a team this summer. A destination that was considered as a possibility was Saudi Arabia, but finally nothing was finalized and, now, the forward has a lot of trouble leaving his country, because a precise control has been established after this accusation of sexual assault for which he will be tried next October.
