French international footballer Wissam Ben Yedderformer of Toulouse, Seville and Monacohas been sentenced to two years in prisonalthough without the obligation to enter it, for sexually assaulting while intoxicated to a 23-year-old girl between September 6 and 7 of this year.
Ben Yedder, 34, who last season was one of the best scorers in the French League by scoring 16 goals for Monaco, was also convicted of ignoring a police check. He Nice Correctional Court (southeast) also sanctioned him with a fine of 5,000 euros and a six-month driving license suspension.
The judges found it proven that the French international abused the young woman in his car, an episode of which The player said he did not remember during the quick trial celebrated on October 15. The French goalscorer, currently without a team after leaving Monaco this summer and who has had problems with alcohol, faces another accusation of sexual assault.
He faces another accusation of sexual assault
In July 2023, the player and his brother were arrested following a complaint from two young women. Ben Yedder was later charged with rape and sexual assaulta judicial procedure that continues its course. The footballer has always denied these accusations.
The forward, who stood out at Toulouse before going to Sevilla, where he was from 2016 to 2019, has been international with France on 19 occasions, and was part of the ‘bleu’ team that achieved the first UEFA Nations League.
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