Former France international Ben Yedder to stand trial for rape | OneFootball

The former French national team forward Wissam Ben Yedder will be tried for "rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault," the Nice prosecutor's office informed AFP this Monday.

The former Sevilla and Monaco player (2019–2024), aged 35, who currently plays in the Turkish second division, and his brother Sabri, who will also be tried for rape and sexual assault, were indicted in 2023 following accusations from two young women they met at a party.

The investigating judge followed the prosecutor's recommendation that the two brothers be tried for rape and sexual assault, adding the charge of attempted rape for Wissam Ben Yedder.

For months, the former national team player (19 matches and 3 goals for France) has been in the news more for his legal troubles than for his goals.

At the beginning of September, he was sentenced by the Nice correctional court to pay a fine of 90,000 euros (562,000 reais) for violence against his wife, with whom he is in the process of divorcing.

After a conviction in Spain for tax fraud when he played for Sevilla (2016–2019), he was tried in the fall of 2024 for sexual violence against a young woman a few months earlier. Sentenced to two years in prison with a suspended sentence, he appealed the decision.

The second-highest scorer in Monaco's history had been without a club since the end of his contract in the Principality in June 2024, but in April he moved to Iran to try to revive his career at Sepahan SC.

But he also did not succeed there, and at the beginning of September, Ben Yedder signed with Sakaryaspor, in the Turkish second division.

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