According to the prosecution, the charges against the former swimming champion Yannick Agnel are “constituting rape and sexual assault “ due to “age difference” between the victim and the accused, declared Monday, December 13 the prosecutor of the Republic of Mulhouse, Edwige Roux-Morizot, during a press conference. He didn’t “not the feeling that there was coercion “, specifies the magistrate. The 29-year-old Olympic champion was indicted and placed under judicial supervision on Saturday. Follow our live.
The complaint was filed this summer. This is what the Mulhouse prosecutor explained to AFP. She also clarified that the facts go back to “about 2016”. In this context, Yannick Agnel was arrested in Paris on Thursday “late morning” and placed in police custody in Mulhouse. The acts for which he is being prosecuted are punishable by 20 years of criminal imprisonment.
A complaint filed by the daughter of his former trainer. For the time being, the prosecution has not yet released more details on what is alleged against the former swimmer, or on the identity of the victim. But according to information from France Inter, it is one of the daughters of Yannick Agnel’s trainer, Lionel Horter, when the swimmer trained in Mulhouse, between September 2014 and August 2016. According to The team and The Parisian, the complainant was 13 years old at the time.
The swimmer suspended by Radio France. “Due to the ongoing legal proceedings, the management of franceinfo decides to suspend its collaboration with Yannick Agnel until the conclusions of the investigation”, Radio France announced to AFP on Thursday. Since the end of his career, the swimmer has become a consultant in several media. He has been hosting a column and a podcast on e-sport on franceinfo radio since May.