It’s a very sad story, that ofAntoine Séguin, found dead at just 35 years old. President of the Suresnes judo club, the young man was found dead on October 30, in the woods of Sainte-Apolline, in Plaisir (Yvelines) by a walker. His family had been worried about his disappearance for several days. Found in a thicket, the 35-year-old man is lying on the ground on his back, in a place well known to be a meeting place between men. The latter was found a rope around the neck, connected to a tree. The autopsy reveals that he is death of asphyxiation without any other form of violence being found.
After a toxicological expertise, the forensic doctors found that Antoine Seguin had taken drugs on the evening of the tragedy. In addition to his sports activity, the young man was also an executive in a bank, but it is his sex life that interests the investigators. They discover many accessories in his home such as cages and leather outfits and realize thathe enjoyed sadomasochistic sex games. In his phone, they find the contact of a young man contacted via the gay dating application Grindr and decide to arrest him on February 9.
The man confesses but claims his innocence
Since his indictment in Versailles (Yvelines), the 26-year-old suspect has been imprisoned for “violence resulting in death without intention to give it and failure to assist anyone in danger”. According to information from Le Parisien, the investigation would be directed towards a death that occurred after a sexual game that would have ended badly. For the time being, the young man claims his innocence, even if he confessed, indicating that he was well with Antoine Seguin in the woods at the time of the facts. After tying him up, he went back to his car for a pack of cigarettes before seeing another car parked in the parking lot. He then decides to hide for an hour. On his return to the president of the judo club, still tied up, the latter is dead and he then decides to flee.
A very complex case for justice and last Friday, the imprisoned young man saw himself refuse his release before the trial chamber. The Advocate General indicated that a psychological expertise should be carried out in order to better understand the personality of this 26-year-old man, who remains in prison for the time being.