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Mbappé condemns Paraguayan senators racist insults after France win
France files criminal charges against Paraguayan senator over Mbappé racist abuse
Kylian Mbappé has launched a scathing public response to racist abuse from Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla de Boccia, branding her “a contemptible woman unworthy of her office” and vowing to prevent racists from spreading hate after France’s 1-0 World Cup victory over Paraguay.
In a series of posts on X on Monday evening, the France captain condemned Amarilla’s remarks as “the worst possible image of her country,” following the senator’s explicit insults that described him as a “colonised Cameroonian pretending to be French” and a “brute who never learned to write, raised on coconut milk instead of mother’s milk, whose most educated teachers were chimpanzees.” Mbappé’s team, Les Bleus, had defeated Paraguay on Saturday in Philadelphia, with the striker scoring the winning goal.
The French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday it will file criminal charges against Amarilla, lodging a complaint with the public prosecutor’s office for aggravated public insults. The federation called her statements “despicable and unacceptable,” adding they constitute a criminal offence that must be prosecuted both in France and abroad .
Emmanuel Macron swiftly expressed his support for Mbappé, writing on X that “when words wound, our values strike back: dignity, respect, fraternity.” The Paraguayan government also distanced itself from Amarilla’s remarks, stating they “in no way reflect the position of the Republic of Paraguay or its people” .
Amarilla, a member of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), initially doubled down on her rhetoric in a Tuesday morning press conference, targeting Mbappé, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez, and Paraguayan federation chief Robert Harrison. She later published an open letter to Mbappé, acknowledging she “regrets” some of her statements but demanding an apology from the Real Madrid forward. “I am despised because I am a dark-haired Latin American woman,” she wrote, claiming she had deleted the original posts “while my blood boiled.” Mbappé responded that her apology was insufficient, reiterating that her racism had overshadowed Paraguay’s historic World Cup campaign .
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned Amarilla’s remarks as “abhorrent,” while FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote on Instagram that “the entire football world stands with Mbappé” and urged collective action against racism .
The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed on Tuesday it has opened an investigation into Amarilla for aggravated public insults, acting on the FFF’s complaint. The case marks the latest in a series of high-profile racist incidents at the 2026 World Cup, prompting calls from global bodies to eradicate discrimination in football .
Mbappé, who remains with France ahead of Thursday’s quarter-final against Morocco, has made clear he will not tolerate such attacks. “I will never allow people like her the freedom to spread their hate and racism around the world,” he wrote.
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