Kylian Mbappé withdraws his complaint for moral harassment against PSG

French national team captain Kylian Mbappé has withdrawn his complaint for moral harassment against his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, according to one of his lawyers, Pierre-Olivier Sur, on Monday, July 7, confirming information from Le Parisien . While his current club, Real Madrid, is due to face PSG on Wednesday in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup in the United States, "we are withdrawing our civil action," Sur said.

Following this simple complaint filed by Mbappé on May 16 against an unknown person for moral harassment and attempted extortion of signatures, targeting the practice of "lofting," the Paris prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation against an unknown person on June 24 for moral harassment. Two investigating judges have been notified, a source close to the case indicated.

Procedurally, the judicial investigation remains open, but the investigating magistrates may wish to draw conclusions from the plaintiff's withdrawal. With this complaint, Kylian Mbappé sought to denounce, in particular, his placement in the PSG "loft" in the summer of 2023. This practice, a recurring one among football clubs, consists of sidelining players from the squad and is already the subject of several investigations in Paris.

In addition to this criminal aspect, Kylian Mbappé remains in financial dispute with PSG. Having left for Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer of 2024, the player is claiming €55 million in unpaid bonuses and salaries because no agreement existed between him and the club, according to his entourage. A "fanciful story," claims PSG. In this case, the player had obtained the precautionary seizure of this sum from PSG's accounts in April, but this decision was then overturned on May 26 by the courts. According to a source close to the case, the €55 million remains seized until the appeal hearing, the date of which is not known.