Baptiste Lafond left the Mont-de-Marsan prison center (Landes) on Friday, according to the Sud-Ouest newspaper. Suspected of having assaulted a woman on May 12, 2022 in Bayonne, after his last match in the jersey of Rouen, the three-quarter center of Agen (24 years old) had been indicted for rape on March 24 and placed in pre-trial detention since that date, while the investigators continued their work. The player, who was heard for the first time by the police in October 2022, disputes the facts.
While his club, Agen, won against Carcassonne in Pro D 2 on Friday evening, Bernard Goutta, the manager of the SUA thus declared to the local newspaper: “Baptiste returns to the family and the group on Sunday (April 9). “According to Sud-Ouest, the center, who has played six games this season, the last in Massy on March 16, should not take part in collective rugby sessions, but first stay in the weight room to regain a condition. optimal physique.
At the end of the contract at the end of the season, Lafond was placed under judicial supervision. If he can play rugby again, he is forbidden to leave the national territory, to go to the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to frequent drinking establishments and to come into contact with the protagonists of the case, including the complainant.