STOCKHOLM — French football star Kylian Mbappe's lawyer said on Thursday (Dec 12) that Swedish prosecutors had dropped a rape and sexual assault investigation concerning her client.

The Real Madrid and French national team striker had denied any wrongdoing in the case over alleged incidents at a hotel in central Stockholm on Oct. 10.

The prosecutors have not publicly named the suspect in the case but said on Thursday they had dropped their probe of the alleged incidents in Stockholm due to insufficient evidence.

"I confirm," Mbappe's lawyer, Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard, wrote in a text message when asked by Reuters whether the Swedish investigation of the football player had been shut.

Canu-Bernard said she would comment on the matter later on Thursday.

In a statement issued earlier, Swedish Senior Prosecutor Marina Chirakova said: "During the course of the investigation, there has been a designated person suspected on reasonable grounds of rape and two cases of sexual assault."

"But my assessment is that the evidence is not sufficient to proceed and the investigation is therefore closed," she said.

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