PARIS SAINT-GERMAN defender Lucas Hernandez and his wife have denied claims they overworked and trafficked a Colombian family that worked in their home.
The France international, 29, faced allegations from French outlet Paris Match that he and wife Amelia Ossa Llorente employed five workers and gave them lengthy hours between September 2024 and November 2025.
It was also claimed that the individuals did not have a legal status in the country.
Hernandez and Llorente have since released a statement, insisting they “never acted with malicious intent” and that their “trust was betrayed”.
The statement read: “We opened our home and our lives to people who presented themselves as friends, who sought our kindness and for whom we had genuine affection.
“These people shared our lives with respect and dignity.
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“We helped them, supported them, and believed them when they assured us that they were in the process of regularising their situation. That trust has been betrayed.
“Unfortunately, we are not the first to experience such a situation. Like many others before us, we were manipulated by emotional stories and false assurances.
“We never acted with malicious intent or in contempt of the law. We acted as human beings — and learned, painfully, that compassion can be exploited.
“What makes this situation even more trying is to see a gesture of trust and humanity turned into public attacks and accusations. This ordeal has been deeply painful for our family.
“This matter is now being dealt with through the appropriate legal channels, where the facts — not the narratives circulating on social media — belong.
“We call for decency, restraint, and respect. We will not participate further in online speculation.”
The Athletic have reported that an investigation into the allegations is underway.
Laure De Boutray, deputy prosecutor for the Versailles Judicial Court, said: “I can confirm that an investigation is underway, overseen by the Versailles prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the St Germain-en-Laye research brigade, on charges of undeclared work and human trafficking.”
The family are said to have worked as security guards, housekeepers, cooks and nannies for Hernandez and Llorente.
Hernandez, whose younger brother Theo is also a professional footballer playing for Al-Hilal, has been with PSG since 2023.
He has played 87 times for the French club, including 17 appearances this season.
Before returning to his native France, Hernandez spent four years with German club Bayern Munich, where he played 107 times.
He started his career with Atletico Madrid in Spain, where he featured 110 times between 2014 and 2019.
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