Eric Olhats had already been suspected of corruption as a minor in 2010 but he had been released by the courts.
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Eric Olhats, current recruiter for Atlético de Madrid in France, was placed in police custody for “sexual assault on a minor” on Wednesday May 11, France Bleu Pays Basque learned from the Bayonne prosecutor’s office. Thursday May 12, confirming information from Actu Pays Basque. His custody was extended on May 12.
He is suspected of having sexually assaulted a young Aviron Bayonnais player when he was the football club’s coach in the 1990s and early 2000s. The victim recently filed a complaint. Eric Olhats had already been suspected of corruption as a minor in 2010 but he had been released by the courts.
The 59-year-old is best known in the world of football for bringing about the emergence of Antoine Griezmann, whom he recruited from Basque club Real Sociedad in the early 2000s, when the young prodigy never was only 13 years old.