By Johan Ahlander and Julien Pretot STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) -Allegations of rape against French footballer Kylian Mbappe are "totally false" and "a slanderous rumour", his representatives said, and his lawyer said he was beyond reproach,

French soccer star Kylian Mbappé's representatives have rejected as "false and irresponsible" reports in Swedish media saying he is the subject of a rape investigation in the Nordic country.

A representative for Kylian Mbappé has denounced reporting in the Swedish press about the French soccer star as “totally false and irresponsible.”

Representatives for Kylian Mbappe issued a statement on Tuesday denying the player's involvement in a rape investigation in Sweden after local media reported that he was a subject of the probe. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said Tuesday that the incident took place the previous Thursday at a hotel in central Stockholm,

Kylian Mbappe’s lawyer says the Real Madrid striker believes he has “nothing to be reproached for” after reports linking him to an alleged rape in Sweden on Thursday. The claims first emerged after a report in Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet said Stockholm police were investigating an alleged rape in the city and that,

Kylian Mbappe was spotted in Stockholm last Thursday night, after he went for dinner with a group of friends at Chez Jolie, alongside ex-Paris Saint-Germain teammate Nordi Mukiele, before heading to

STORY: Representatives for French soccer player Kylian Mbappe called allegations of rape against him, quote, “totally false” and a “slanderous rumor".Media reports say he's the subject of an investigation over an incident at a hotel in Stockholm last week.