French prosecutors investigating racist insults against Mbappé by Paraguay senator
French prosecutors said the remarks could bring up to 1 year in prison and a 45,000-euro fine, after the football federation filed a complaint.
- On Monday, France striker Kylian Mbappe called Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla a "despicable woman" after she launched racist attacks following Paraguay's World Cup elimination.
- Amarilla had previously posted a racist tirade on X, describing the Real Madrid forward as a "colonised Cameroonian" and a "brute," while criticizing Mbappe for allegedly refusing to shake hands with Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill.
- On Saturday, France secured a 1-0 victory in Philadelphia to reach the quarter-finals, with Mbappe scoring a 70th-minute penalty in a match he called a "different type of test."
- The French Football Federation announced plans to file criminal charges, describing the senator's comments as "utterly abhorrent and unacceptable," while Paraguay Vice President Pedro Alliana and congresswoman Johanna Ortega condemned the remarks.
- France will face Morocco in the quarter-finals on July 9, with Mbappe currently tied for the lead in the World Cup goalscoring race with seven goals alongside Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland.
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Asunción, 7 Jul (EFE).- France and Paraguay played in the last hours the most unusual of the extensions of the 2026 World Cup, after the comments of a Paraguayan senator against the astro Kylian Mbappé caused controversy and provoked a harsh response of the footballer and institutions of both countries against racism.«Bruto did not even learn to write. Instead of his mother's milk, he sucked coconuts and the most cult he has heard in his life ar…
‘APOLOGISE OR I’LL SUE!’ – Paraguay Senator Threatens Kylian Mbappé with Legal Action for ‘Gender-Based Violence’
The bitter row between France captain, Kylian Mbappé and Paraguayan senator, Celeste Amarilla has taken a new twist. The politician is demanding a public apology from the Real Madrid superstar and threatened to take legal action against him for what she described as “gender-based violence.” The extraordinary dispute erupted in the aftermath of France’s tense 1-0 victory over Paraguay in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16, a match settled by Mbappé’s…
FIFA World Cup 2026: UN Human Rights slams Paraguayan Senator's "dehumanising" comments on Mbappe
"The racist and dehumanising remarks against French footballer Kylian Mbappe by Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla are despicable and, regrettably, not isolated. Reports of racist incidents during the FIFA World Cup 2026 reflect a wider phenomenon across football and sports more broadly," the UN Human Rights spokesperson said.
In the scandal about the racist insult of France's football star Kylian Mbappé by a senator from Paraguay, the public prosecutor's office in Paris has now opened an investigation. A complaint from the French football association FFF, which entered a position to combat hate on the Internet on Tuesday, was announced by the public prosecutor's office in Paris. Even France's President Emmanuel Macron and the UN intervened in the scandal.
France's football association wants to take legal action against Senator Celeste Amarilla de Boccia. It is not the first racist incident at the World Cup.
French President Emmanuel Macron has backed the captain of the French national team following attacks by Celeste Amarilla. The Real Madrid striker responded to the senator, whom he called a "despicable woman unworthy of her position."
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