the Prosecutor’s Office requests the dismissal of the case for the two French rugby players accused of aggravated rape in Argentina – Libération

2024-10-04 15:57:38

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The prosecutor’s office in the Argentine city of Mendoza requested this Friday the “dismissal of the proceedings” in the case of the alleged rape of a young 39-year-old woman by two French rugby players, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou. I have been in France since September 4th.

The prosecutor’s office in Mendoza, where the investigation against the two French rugby players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou is taking place, ruled on Friday 4 October in favor of withdrawing the charges. “The defense has requested the dismissal of the case before the prosecution, and the prosecution supports the dismissal of the case and requests a hearing with the judge”said Martin Ahumada, spokesman for the Mendoza (west) prosecutor’s office. Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, both 21 years old, are accused in Argentina of aggravated rape, because in a meeting, for alleged acts that took place on the night between 6 and 7 July in a hotel room in Mendoza, where they had just won a match against Argentina for the first selection with the France XV.

The players have maintained from day one that sexual relations with the complainant, 39, whom they met in a nightclub, had been consensual. First detained and then placed under house arrest, they were released in mid-August, then allowed to leave Argentina pending the conclusion of the investigation, according to the prosecution “that the initial accusation has lost its force”. They returned to France on 4 September. The complainant, for her part, presented her sense of rights before a legislative committee on Thursday. “despised” by the judges, after having asked in vain, through his defenders, for the recusal of the two prosecutors in charge of the investigation.

According to daily information the ParisianThe dismissal hearing will be held on Friday 18 October.

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