Bayern Munich footballer reportedly asked for 14-year-old girls, Epstein files show

Published February 10th, 2026 - 07:01 GMT
Bayern Munich footballer Franck Ribery
Bayern Munich's French midfielder Franck Ribery smiles as he warms up ahead of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, first leg football match between Liverpool and Bayern Munich at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north-west England on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)

ALBAWABA - After the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's files, the names of officials, celebrities, and prominent figures appeared, including the famous footballer Franck Ribéry.

Bayern Munich legend Franck Ribéry was referenced in the latest Epstein leaks by the DOJ weeks ago, which included 3 million documents, over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

Epstein, who was found dead inside his prison cell in 2019, was an American businessman, child sex offender, and a leader of a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men.

What do Epstein's files mention about football player Franck Ribéry?

Franck Ribéry

French football player Franck Ribéry. (Shutterstock)

The papers which Franck Ribéry was mentioned in read, "In [redacted] around the [redacted], Franck Ribéry tried to beat me when I was in my garden and had obtained my number and my address, policemen from [redacted] encircled him and brought him back to his car."

"I am surprised to have seen the arrival of the prostitution circuit in [redacted], from my [redacted] years for I had finally freed myself from my predator of progenitor and had at last found my mother, after years of separation. Now I had the impression that an arm of prostitution came back to fetch me as if I had to belong to them."

On page 28: "Around January, February 2002, Sylvain Cormier was hired [redacted] in his capacity as trainee lawyer. His face was telling me something but I couldn’t put it back, a few years before, he had beaten his ex companion before me in a place of entertainment and I had advised her to file a complaint, and then he arrived with Franck Ribéry and the Judicial Police of Versailles arrived because he asked for 14-year-old girls to be brought to him."

On page 30: "I saw approaching me after my majority around [redacted] and subsequent years, such as Franck Ribéry, his membership in the world of prostitution is not more to prove, through his sbine sylvain Cormier criminal lawyer in Lyon [redacted], I was beaten by the latter, he said 'it’s Franck asking me to do this!'."

It is worth mentioning that in 2010, Ribéry was among four players, including footballer Karim Benzema, who were to be indicted for solicitation of an underage prostitute. 

However, four years later, the charges against Bayern Munich legend Franck Ribéry and Benzema were dropped by the courts in France.