Angers dismisses Ilyes Chetti, convicted of sexual assault

The Angers SCO announced via a one-line statement, Tuesday, May 30, the dismissal of Algerian international Ilyes Chetti, sentenced two months ago for sexual assault. The club clarified that they had made this decision “taking into account the facts alleged and recognized by the latter“. Aged 28, Chetti was given a four-month suspended prison sentence in April after a young woman complained of touching during an evening in a nightclub. He had admitted the facts.

Very little used throughout the season, he only came into play in six games for a total of less than 240 minutes on the pitch, Chetti indirectly caused the departure of his former coach Abdel Bouhazama , who had minimized the assault. “It’s not mean, we’ve all touched girls before“said the coach in a pre-match chat in early March, before being forced to resign when his remarks appeared in the press.

The Angers club, which will be relegated to Ligue 2 next season, is also subject to a recruitment ban for the next two transfer window periods due to a dispute over the arrival of Chetti last summer. . His former club, Espérance de Tunis, disputes the termination which had allowed him to engage free in Angers. The SCO seized the Court of Arbitration for Sport.