Born in Finland · Nationality Finnish — Motorsport / Formula One

Kimi Räikkönen

Also known as: Kimi-Matias Räikkönen, Iceman

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Finnish racing driver born in 1979; won the 2007 Formula One World Championship with Ferrari.

Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One World Championship and raced until 2021. His career includes stewards' penalties for driving incidents and team-related technical breaches. Contested allegations of inappropriate sexual touching in Montreal became public in 2018; the 2019 reporting reviewed stated that no criminal charges had been filed against him.

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Profile No. 6005 · Updated on 7 November 2026

2Documented controversies

2Sources

0Formal charge · all time

0Conviction

§ Legal statuses reflect the documented sources as of the date shown; they replace neither court decisions nor the presumption of innocence. Counts are not a rating. Methodology

I. Documented controversies

Case · 2 documented stages

2018: disputed allegations arising from an incident in Montreal

Allegations

2016–2019

2018: disputed allegations arising from an incident in Montreal

Allegations

A former bar employee alleged that the driver had touched her inappropriately during a 2016 evening in Montreal. Her allegations gained press attention in 2018. June 2019 reporting said no criminal charges had been laid against Räikkönen, while the complainant was considering civil action; no later outcome has been verified.

State of the evidence: Press reports of allegations, not a court finding or corroborated proof.
Legal status — source text: No criminal charges against him reported in 2019 sources; any later outcome remains unverified.
Attribution: Alleged non-consensual touching, categorically denied.

Sources · 1

[1]
The Canadian Press / CityNewsF1 driver Kimi Raikkonen files police complaint against Montreal woman29 May 2018News agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 November 2026

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May 2018

2018: files an extortion complaint in Canada

Protagonist is the complainant

Protagonist is the complainant — these proceedings are not counted in their formal charges or convictions.

His lawyers filed a Montreal police complaint alleging extortion and harassment in connection with a settlement demand arising from the disputed allegations. The other party's lawyer disputed this characterisation and said they sought dialogue. No later judicial outcome could be verified.

State of the evidence: Complaint confirmed by press accounts; no verified final judicial outcome.
Legal status — source text: Complaint reported in 2018; any proceedings and their outcome remain unverified.
Attribution: He was the complainant, not the accused, in this aspect of the case.
Person targeted by the proceedings: A former bar employee (private individual)
Role of the person profiled: Protagonist is the complainant

Sources · 2

[1]
AutosportFormula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen files extortion complaint in Canada31 May 2018MediaHigh reliability
[2]
The Canadian Press / CityNewsF1 driver Kimi Raikkonen files police complaint against Montreal woman29 May 2018News agencyHigh reliability

Last verified: 7 November 2026

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Daniel Ricciardo1 documented reference
- 2019: French GP — two five-second penalties after overtakes on Norris and Räikkönen Source ↗

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Controversia profile, updated 7 November 2026. Latest version: https://controversia.info/en/fiche/kimi-raikkonen