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Kylian Mbappé

French prosecutors are investigating alleged racist online insults targeting France captain Kylian Mbappé after a World Cup match.

Investigation
last updated 13 July 2026 · 3 sources
Confirmed facts
9
Open questions
4
Location
Paris
Case status
Investigation
Charges
No charges
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Case file Kylian Mbappé, reference D C zero zero one nine. The Associated Press reported that, after a fourth of July, twenty twenty-six match, Celeste Amarilla posted comments on X after Mbappé converted the winning penalty in France’s victory over Paraguay. On July sixth, the Associated Press reported that Mbappé condemned the Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she made following Paraguay’s loss to France in the World Cup round of sixteen. AP also reported that the French Football Federation denounced Amarilla’s comments and said it would refer the matter to prosecutors. AP reported that Amarilla said she had deleted her post and expressed regret for mistreating Mbappé with insults. On July seventh, AP reported that French prosecutors opened an investigation into aggravated public insult and incitement to hatred or violence. The Paris prosecutor’s office told AP the probe followed a complaint from the French Football Federation. The file’s open questions include whether additional accounts or posts have been identified, whether anyone has been charged, and what step prosecutors will take next. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero one nine at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed9 entries
After 4 July 2026 match
AP reported that Amarilla posted comments on X after Mbappé converted the winning penalty in France’s victory over Paraguay.
AP
6 July 2026
AP reported that Mbappé condemned the Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she made following Paraguay’s loss to France in the World Cup round of 16.
AP
6 July 2026
AP reported that the French Football Federation denounced Amarilla’s comments as “utterly abhorrent” and “unacceptable” and said it would refer the matter to prosecutors.
AP
6 July 2026
AP reported that Amarilla said she had deleted her post and expressed regret for mistreating Mbappé with insults.
AP
7 July 2026
AP reported that French prosecutors opened an investigation into aggravated public insult and incitement to hatred or violence after alleged racist remarks targeting France captain Kylian Mbappé following Paraguay’s World Cup loss to France.
AP
7 July 2026
The Paris prosecutor’s office told AP the probe was launched after France’s national unit for combating online hate received a complaint from the French Football Federation.
AP
7 July 2026
AP identified the public figure whose posts prompted reporting on the inquiry as Celeste Amarilla, described by AP as a 61-year-old lawyer and senator from Paraguay’s opposition Liberal Radical Party.
AP
7 July 2026
AP reported that the Paris prosecutor’s office can open an investigation into statements made abroad when the victim is French.
AP
7 July 2026
The Washington Post published an AP article reporting that the World Cup round-of-16 match between Paraguay and France was played in Philadelphia on Saturday, 4 July 2026.
Washington Post / AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Whether French prosecutors have identified any additional accounts or posts beyond those described in AP reporting.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Whether any person has been charged in connection with the investigation.unconfirmed; AP reported an investigation, not charges · unconfirmed
Whether French authorities have requested cooperation from Paraguayan authorities or X.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What procedural step French prosecutors will take next in the inquiry.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
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