Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou live under house arrest – Libération

2024-07-17 19:26:10

The Argentine prosecutor’s office authorized this Thursday July 17 the placing under house arrest of two French rugby players accused of rape. They will be equipped with electronic bracelets.

The Argentine prosecutor’s office accepted on Wednesday, July 17, the placing under house arrest of two French rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, who were accused of serious rape in Argentina and detained for more than a week.

“Given the level of evidence and the absence of procedural risk, it is possible to give house arrest with a personal guarantee for each of them. In addition, they will both be equipped with electronic bracelets.Reference was made to release the prosecutor’s office of Mendoza (Northwest), giving a request to the defense of the two young players.

Accused of aggravated rape

“It is an important step forward for two rugby players and also for French rugby,” told the press the players’ first lawyer, Me Rafael Cuneo Libarona, who said that “Very happy” of the prosecutor’s decision. In an interview on Monday, he said he wanted to accept this position “as quickly as possible in order to maintain the physical and moral integrity of the two players”.

Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, were arrested on July 8 in Buenos Aires, two days after the French XV match against Argentina in Mendoza (north-east) where the facts told by the 39-year-old accuser will has been fulfilled. . They were accused four days later of raping them, which they did in a meeting, and they faced eight to twenty years in prison.

If both actors admit that they have had sexual relations with the accused, they testify that it is consensual and deny any kind of violence. On Tuesday, the prosecution’s investigation continued with the beginning of witness hearings.

Update at 10:10 pm, with the reaction of the players’ lawyer lead.